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Manual Focus Adjustment
Autofocus may not work well on the following subjects. In such case,
focus manually.
POINTS TO CHECK
• Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.
1 Open (
) the joystick guide.
2 Select (
) [
Focus] and press
.
The current focus is locked and
[MF]
appears.
3 Push the joystick (
) or (
) once to
verify if the image is focused.
• The center of the screen will be magnified to help you focus more
easily. You can also turn off this function with the
/
[Focus
Assist Functions] setting.
• When face detection is activated, instead of the center of the picture,
the camcorder will magnify the face of the person identified as the
main subject. If there is more than one person in the picture, you can
select the main subject manually.
4 Adjust (
) the focus as required.
• If you wish to focus on faraway subjects such as mountains or
fireworks, push the joystick (
) toward
and hold it pressed down
until [MF] changes to
.
5 Push the joystick (
) to hide the joystick guide.
• The selected focus will be locked.
• During focus lock, press
twice to return the camcorder to
autofocus.
• Reflective surfaces
• Subjects with low contrast
or without vertical lines
• Fast moving subjects
• Through wet windows
• Night scenes
Operating modes:
Focus
CO
PY
