Advanced (Recording pictures)
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About [
ƒ
] [1-area-focusing (High speed)]
• You can focus on the subject more quickly than in other AF Modes.
• The picture may stop moving for a moment before being brought into focus when you press the
shutter button halfway. This is not a malfunction.
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Setting up [
] (AF Tracking)
1
Touch the subject.
• The AF area turns yellow and the subject is locked.
It will continuously adjust the focus and exposure automatically
following the movement of the subject. (Dynamic Tracking)
• Lock is cancelled when [
] is touched.
2
Press the shutter button halfway to focus and then press it
fully to take the picture.
Note
• Dynamic Tracking function may fail to lock, lose the subject in AF tracking, or track different
subject depending on the recording conditions such as the ones below.
– When the subject is too small
– When the recording location is too dark or bright
– When the subject is moving too fast
– When the background has the same or similar colour to the subject
– When jitter is occurring
– When using the zoom
• When the AF lock fails, the Tracking AF frame will flash in red and then disappear. Redo the AF
lock.
• AF Tracking will not operate when the subject is not specified, the subject is lost, or has failed
to be tracked. The picture will be taken with [
] in [AF MODE] in that case.
• [FACE RECOG.] does not work when AF tracking is active.
• AF Tracking is cancelled when the Touch Shutter is set to [
].
• [
] will not operate during AF tracking.
• It cannot be set to [
] in the following conditions
– In [PANORAMA ASSIST], [STARRY SKY], [FIREWORKS], [PIN HOLE], [FILM GRAIN] and
[HIGH DYNAMIC] in Scene Mode.
– In [B/W], [SEPIA], [COOL], or [WARM] in [COLOR EFFECT].
• The focus range is 3 cm (0.10 feet) (Wide)/1 m (3.28 feet) (Tele) to
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