When you press the
Shutter
button halfway down, the
camera focuses from the closest distance, then
examines other focus regions, displaying those in focus
as green brackets. The sample image shows focus in
regions one, two, and five.
If the camera keeps focusing on something other than
your subject, set
Auto Focus Area
to
Spot
(see
Auto
Focus Area
under
), then use
Focus Lock
(see
Optimizing focus
When the camera cannot auto focus, the focus brackets turn red. This indicates the
picture may be out of focus because the subject is out of the focus range or the scene
has low contrast.
For the Normal Focus range
If the camera is set to
Normal Focus
Using the focus range settings
) and cannot focus, it will still take the picture. Try releasing the
Shutter
button, reframing, and then pressing the
Shutter
button halfway down again. If the focus
brackets are still red:
●
If the scene has low contrast, use
Focus Lock
(see
) and aim at a point on the subject that has more colors or crisp edges.
●
If the subject is too close (less than 500 mm or 20 in), move farther away from the
subject or use the
Macro
or
Auto Macro
focus range (see
●
Use
Manual Focus
(see
For the Macro focus range
If the camera is set to
Macro
and cannot focus, the camera will not take the picture.
Try one of the following:
●
Move within the
Macro
range or set the camera to
Auto Macro
or
Normal
Focus
(see
Using the focus range settings
●
In low contrast scenes, use
Focus Lock
(see
●
Use
Manual Focus
(see
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