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If you are using AF (auto focus) to focus the camera, use the focus
lock feature when you are composing a picture in which your main
subject (the object or person you are focusing on) is not inside the
focusing frame. This technique can also be used to focus on subjects
that are not suitable for auto focusing.
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Position the focusing frame over the object or person
on which you want to focus and press the shutter
button halfway.
• When the camera is focused, the focus indicator “
●
” lights and the focus
stays locked as long as the shutter button is held halfway.
• If the selected exposure mode is Sport mode (5-vari program), focus lock
photography cannot be used.
• If you want to use focus lock when a moving subject stops moving (when
the focusing mode changes from continuous AF to single AF servo),
release the shutter button and then press the shutter button halfway
again.
2
When the focus indicator “
●
” lights, keep the shutter
button held halfway as you compose the picture and
then take the picture.
• Once the focus indicator “
●
” lights, do not change the distance between
the camera and the main subject. If you keep your finger on the shutter
button and keep the button held down after the shutter has released, you
can take any number of shots with the focus fixed at the same setting.
Focus Lock Photography
