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Selecting the Focus
You can take photographs with the distance to the subject set by [
AF
] AUTO FOCUS,
[
] MACRO, [
] INFINITY, [
1m
] FIXED AT 1M or [
3m
] FIXED AT 3M.
The setting still remains after the power is turned OFF manually or by auto power OFF.
1. Rotate the mode dial to one of [
] record mode,
[
] manual record mode or [
] movie mode.
2. Press the
OK
button to enter the photography tab menu
mode.
3. Select [
FOCUS
] with the / button, and then press
the
button.
A list of focus mode icons is displayed.
4. Choose the icon of the desired scene mode with the
/ button, and press the
OK
button.
To cancel the selected scene mode, press the
button.
5. Press the
OK
button again and the camera is now
ready to take a photograph.
Focus Mode
Description
[
AF
] AUTO FOCUS
Select this mode when you want to leave the settings up to the
camera to take photographs with ease.
[
] MACRO
Select this mode when you want to take photographs of subjects
within 10cm to 50cm (wide: zoom off)/ 90cm to 120cm (tele: optical
zoom 10X) of the camera.
[
] INFINITY
Select this mode when you want to take photographs of subjects
about 5m or more from the camera.
[
1m
] FIXED AT 1M
Select this mode when you want to take photographs of subjects
about 1m from the camera.
[
3m
] FIXED AT 3M
Select this mode when you want to take photographs of subjects
about 3m from the camera.
2 0 0 3 . 1 0 . 2 5 1 4 : 3 8
2 0 0 3 . 1 0 . 2 5 1 4 : 3 8
2 0 0 3 . 1 0 . 2 5 1 4 : 3 8
0 0 0 1 2
0 0 0 1 2
0 0 0 1 2
T
T
SCENE
AUTO
W
W
AUTO FOCUS
FOCUS
AF
1m
3m
AF
When [
1m
], [
3m
] or [
] is set, the camera takes images with the focus set to a fixed
distance.
This camera offers an accurate auto-focus mechanism. However, sometimes will be difficult
to focus or not be able to focus under the follwing situations:
When there are objects before or behind the subject;
Very shiny subjects such as a mirror or car body;
Subjects that hardly reflect any light such as hair or fur;
When the contrast is extremely low;
Subjects moving at high speed;
Subjects without substance such as smoke or flame;
Subjects viewed through glass;
Subjects are far away and dark.