Olympus E-M1 Mark III, Instruction Manual

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Shooting
2
Using Starry Sky AF
1
Select [
F
AF] for AF mode and press the
Q
button.
2
Press the
AEL/AFL
button to initiate starry sky AF.
• To interrupt starry sky AF, press the
AEL/AFL
button again.
• At default settings, starry sky AF does not start when the shutter button is pressed
halfway. To confi gure the camera so that starry sky AF does start when the shutter
button is pressed halfway, use [
K
AEL/AFL] (P. 201) in
G
Custom Menu
J
.
• The camera displays [Starry Sky AF is Running] during starry sky AF. The in-focus
indicator (
(
) is displayed for about two seconds after the camera focuses; if the
camera is unable to focus, the in-focus indicator will instead fl ash for about two
seconds.
3
Press the shutter button all the way down to take the picture.
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• The [Starry Sky AF Setting] (P. 184) item in
G
Custom Menu
I
offers a choice of
[Accuracy] and [Speed]. Mount the camera on a tripod before taking photographs with
[Accuracy] selected.
• Your choice of AF-target modes (P. 69) is restricted to single target, 9-target group
(3 × 3), and 25-target group (5 × 5).
• The camera will not be able to focus in bright locations.
• Starry sky AF cannot be used with Pro Capture.
• [
K
Orientation Linked
N
] (P. 210), [
N
Loop Settings] (P. 208), [AF Limiter]
(P. 211), and [AF Illuminator] (P. 183) are fi xed at [Off], [
I
Face Priority] (P. 92) at
[Face Priority Off], [Frame Rate] (P. 188) at [Normal], and [AF Scanner] (P. 181) at
[mode1].
• The camera automatically focuses at infi nity when starry sky AF is selected.
• When [On] is selected for [S-AF Release Priority] (P. 186) in
G
Custom Menu
N
, the
shutter can be released even when the subject is not in focus.
• Manual focus is selected when a Four Thirds lens is attached.
• Starry sky AF is available with OLYMPUS Four Thirds lenses. It cannot, however, be used
with lenses with a maximum aperture over f/5.6. For more information, visit the OLYMPUS
website.