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Manual Focus Adjustment
Autofocus may not work well on the
following subjects. In such case, focus
manually.
• Reflective surfaces
• Subjects with low contrast or without
vertical lines
• Fast moving subjects
• Through wet windows
• Night scenes
POINTS TO CHECK
Adjust the zoom before you start the
procedure.
Mode switch:
1
If the joystick guide does not
appear on screen, press (
) to
display it.
2
Push the joystick (
) toward
[FOCUS] to activate the manual
focus.
[FOCUS] on the joystick guide will be
displayed in light blue and “MF”
appears on the screen.
3
Adjust (
) the focus as
necessary.
• Push the joystick (
) toward
for a farther focal distance or push
it (
) toward
for a closer focal
distance.
• Pushing the joystick (
) toward
[FOCUS] again will return the
camcorder to autofocus.
4
Push the joystick (
) toward
[BACK] to save the focus
adjustment.
Infinity Focus
Use this function when you wish to
focus on faraway subjects such as
mountains or fireworks.
POINTS TO CHECK
Adjust the zoom before you start the
procedure.
Mode switch:
1
Keep the joystick pushed (
)
toward [FOCUS] for more than
2 seconds.
•
appears.
• Pushing the joystick (
) toward
[FOCUS] again will return the
camcorder to autofocus.
• If you operate the zoom or the
joystick (
),
changes to
"MF" and the camcorder returns to
manual focusing mode.
2
Push the joystick (
) toward
[BACK] to save the focus
adjustment.
NOTES
The camcorder will automatically return to
autofocus when you set the mode switch
to .
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BACK
FOCUS
BACK
FOCUS
