Continuous AF ( C AF )

The camera adjusts the focus before you press and hold the shutter button halfway down, and then continues to adjust the focus even after AF lock is completed. This allows shooting of moving subjects with continued focus. However, focus adjustment may not be able to keep up when shooting fast moving subjects. The AF range finder frame is Center AF.

•The focus is not adjusted after the lock is completed in the following cases, and the

“C AF” indicator flashes. The camera operates in Monitoring AF mode.

–When shooting in the dark place

–When shooting with a slow shutter speed

–When using the NightShot/NightFraming functions

•There is no lock sound when the focus is achieved.

•When you press the shutter button all the way down using the self-timer, the focus is locked.

•Battery consumption may be higher than in any other AF mode.

Focusing manually

Mode dial: P/S/A/M/SCN/

Normally the focus is automatically adjusted. However, the auto focus may not work well, such as in the following cases. In these cases, adjust the focus manually.

Subjects that are hard to be focused on

•Subjects with little contrast with backgrounds such as walls, and sky

•Subjects in very dark places

•Metals that have great reflection, or subjects with the light source behind them and that have great reflection.

•Subjects through a chain-link fence or glasses.

Mode dial

Manual focus ring

aSet the mode dial to P, S, A, M,

SCN or .

bSet the FOCUS switch to

MANUAL.

The 9 (manual focus) indicator appears on the screen.

cTurn the manual focus ring to achieve a sharp focus.

The focus distance information indicator is displayed. You can adjust the focus in the following macro ranges.

T-side: about 60 cm (23 5/ inches) to 8

∞ (infinite)

W-side: 2 cm (13/16 inches) to ∞ (infinite).

If [Expanded Focus] in the SET UP settings is set to [On], the image is zoomed to 2× to achieve the focus easily when recording still images. The default setting is [On]. When the image returns to normal size and the

shooting image still Advanced

aSet the mode dial to SET UP.

b Select 1 (Camera 1) with v , then select [AF Mode] with B/ v.

cSelect the desired mode with B/v/V, then press the center.

Near

Far

FOCUS

9(manual focus) indicator changes from yellow to white, a sharp focus is achieved.

When the 9 indicator flashes, the focus distance has reached its limit.

To reactivate auto focusing

Set the FOCUS switch to AUTO.

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