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Focus Mode
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Press the
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button in Capture mode.
The focus mode changes each time the button is pressed and the set
mode is displayed on the LCD monitor.
The camera is ready to take a picture in the set focus mode.
Selecting the Focus Mode
(No icon)
Autofocus mode
The camera is focused on the subject in the autofocus
area when the shutter release button is pressed
halfway. Use this mode when the distance to the
subject is more than 50 cm (20 inches).
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Macro mode
This mode is used when the distance to the subject is
approx. 2 cm – 60 cm (0.8 inch – 24 inches). When the
shutter release button is pressed halfway, the camera
is focused on the object in the autofocus area.
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Infinity-landscape
mode
This mode is used for taking distant objects.
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Manual focus mode
Adjust focus manually with the four-way controller
(
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).
• The default setting of the focus mode is [Autofocus mode].
• When the Movie Picture mode (
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p.62) is selected, only
[Autofocus mode] is available.
• If you use the flash in [Macro mode], the image may be overexposed
or vignetting may occur at the bottom right of the picture.
• The lens is fixed at the Wide position in Macro mode.
If you take a picture while looking through the viewfinder when the
focus mode is set on [Macro mode], the range of the resulting picture
will differ from what was seen in the viewfinder. Be sure to check the
image on the LCD monitor.
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