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Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
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Subjects/environments which may make focusing difficult:
•Fast-moving or extremely bright objects, or objects with no color contrast.
•Taking pictures through glass or near objects emitting light.
•In the dark, or with significant jitter.
•When too close to object or when taking pictures of both distant and close
objects together in the same picture.
Select the focus mode (AFS, AFF, AFC)
Recording mode:
Set the focusing operation to be performed when the shutter button is pressed halfway.
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Set the focus mode lever to [AFS/AFF] or [AFC]
Settings
The movement of the
subject and the scene
(recommended)
Description
[AFS/AFF]
Subject is still
(Scenery, anniversary
photograph, etc.)
“AFS” is an abbreviation of “Auto Focus Single”. Focus
is set automatically when the shutter button is pressed
halfway.
Focus will be fixed while it is pressed halfway.
Movement cannot be
predicted (Children,
pets, etc.)
“AFF” is an abbreviation of “Auto Focus Flexible”. In this
mode, focusing is performed automatically when the shutter
button is pressed halfway.
If the subject moves while the shutter button is pressed
halfway, the focus is corrected to match the movement
automatically.
[AFC]
Subject is moving
(Sport, trains, etc.)
“AFC” is an abbreviation of “Auto Focus Continuous”. In
this mode, while the shutter button is pressed halfway,
focusing is constantly performed to match the movement
of the subject. When the subject is moving, the focusing is
performed by predicting the subject position at the time of
recording. (Movement prediction)
[MF]
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Focusing is performed manually.
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About [AFS/AFF] of the focus mode lever
In [AFS/AFF] in the [Rec] menu or the [Motion Picture] menu, you can assign [AFS] or
[AFF] to [AFS/AFF] of the focus mode lever.