Focusing manually

You can gain better results by manually adjusting the focus in the following cases. Normally, focus is automatically adjusted.

•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 or the sky •Shooting a stationary subject when using a tripod

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

The POWER switch should be set to or (DCR-TRV22/ TRV33 only).

Operate by touching the panel.

(1) Press FN to display PAGE1.

(2) Press FOCUS.

(3) Press MANUAL. The screen to adjust the focus appears.

(4) Press Tor t to sharpen focus.

(5) Press OK to return to PAGE1.

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To return to FN

Press EXIT.

To return to the autofocus

On the FOCUS screen, press AUTO to return to PAGE1.

To focus precisely

It is easier to focus on the subject if you adjust the zoom to 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.

9changes as follows:

when recording a distant subject when the subject is too close to focus on

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