Focusing manually

You can gain better results by manually adjusting the focus in the following cases: •The autofocus mode is not effective when shooting

–subjects through glass coated with water droplets

–horizontal stripes

–subjects with little contrast with backgrounds such as walls and sky

•When you want to change the focus from a subject in the foreground to a subject in the background

•Shooting a stationary subject when using a tripod

(1) Set FOCUS to MANUAL in the standby or recording mode. The findicator appears.

(2) Turn the focus ring to sharpen focus.

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FOCUSPUSH AUTOTo return to the autofocus mode

Set FOCUS to AUTO.

To record distant subjects

When you press FOCUS down to INFINITY. The lens focuses on and indicator appears. When you release FOCUS, your camcorder returns to the manual focus mode. Use this mode when your camcorder focuses on near objects even though you are trying to shoot a distant object.

To shoot with auto focusing momentarily

Press PUSH AUTO.

The auto focus functions while you are pressing PUSH AUTO.

Use this button to focus on one subject and then another with smooth focusing.

When you release PUSH AUTO, manual focusing resumes.

Shooting in relatively dark places or shooting fast-moving subjects in relatively bright places

Shoot at the “W” (wide-angle) position after focusing at the “T” (telephoto) position.

When you shoot close to the subject

Focus at the end of the “W” (wide-angle) position.

The following indicators may appear

when recording a distant subject.

when the subject is too close to focus on.

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