To cancel, touch [OFF], or zoom to wide- angle (W side).

Notes

When recording a distant subject, focusing may be difficult and can take some time.

Adjust the focus manually ([FOCUS], p. 79) when it is hard to focus automatically.

EXPOSURE

You can fix the brightness of a picture manually. Adjust the brightness when the subject is too bright or too dark relative to the back ground.

Touch [MANUAL]. appears.Adjust the exposure by touching /. Touch .To return the setting to automatic exposure, touch [AUTO] in step .

Tips

You can also adjust the setting manually using the CAMERA CONTROL dial (p. 30).

FOCUS

You can adjust the focus manually. You can select this function also when you want to focus on a certain subject intentionally.

Touch [MANUAL]. appears.

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 .To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO] in step .

Notes

The minimum possible distance between camcorder and subject while maintaining sharp focus is about 1 cm (about 13/32 in.) for wide angle and about 80 cm (about 2 5/8 feet) for telephoto.

Tips

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 subject at close range, move the power zoom lever to W (wide angle), then adjust the focus.

The focal distance information (distance at which the subject is focused on, if it is dark and focus adjustment is difficult) appears for a few seconds in the following cases (This information will not display correctly if an optional conversion lens is being used).

When the focus mode is switched from automatic to manualWhen you set focus manuallyYou can also adjust the focus manually using the CAMERA CONTROL dial (p. 30).SCENE SELECTIONYou can record images effectively in various situations.

AUTO

Select to automatically record images effectively without the [SCENE SELECTION] function.

TWILIGHT* ( )

Select to maintain the darkening atmosphere of the distant surroundings in twilight scenes.

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