CAMERA SET menu (continued)
You can select and adjust the focal point to aim it at a subject not located in the center of the screen.
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Touch the subject on the screen. appears.
Touch [END].
To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO] [END].
•If you set [SPOT FOCUS], [FOCUS] is automatically set to [MANUAL].
FOCUSYou can adjust the focus manually. Select this when you want to focus on a certain subject intentionally.
Touch [MANUAL].
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Touch 
(focusing on close subjects)/
(focusing on distant subjects) to sharpen the focus. appears when the focus cannot be adjusted any closer, and appears when the focus cannot be adjusted farther away.
Touch 
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To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO] 
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•It is easier to focus on the subject by moving the power zoom lever towards T (telephoto) to adjust the focus, then towards W (wide angle) to adjust the zoom for recording. When you want to record a
•The minimum distance required between your camcorder and the subject to get a sharp focus is about 1 cm (about 1/2 in.) for wide angle and about 80 cm (about 2 5/8 feet) for telephoto.
TELE MACROThis is useful to shoot small subjects, such as flowers or insects. As you can take closeups from a distance, your shadow does not disturb the picture and the subject stands out clearer.
When you set [TELE MACRO] to [ON]
,the zoom (p. 24) moves to the top of the T (Telephoto) side automatically and allows for recording subjects at a close distance as follows:
For
For
To cancel, touch [OFF], or zoom to wide- angle (W side).
•When recording a distant subject, it may difficult to focus on and take time for focusing.
•Adjust the focus manually ([FOCUS], p. 42) when it is hard to focus automatically.
FLASH SETNote that these settings will not function with unsupported flashes.
FLASH MODE
ON
Flashes every time.
ON
Flashes to reduce the
AUTO
Flashes automatically.
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