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Shooting tips and information
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Shooting tips
Focusing on the subject
There are several ways to focus, depending on the subject.
AF frame is not focused on the subject
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Use focus lock to focus the AF frame on the subject.
“If correct focus cannot be obtained (Focus lock)” (P. 39)
Other things instead of the subject are focused on the respective AF
frames
•
Set
P
(AF frame selection) to
R
and focus on the center of the image.
The subject is moving quickly
•
Focus the camera on a point roughly the same distance away as the subject
you want to shoot (by pressing the shutter button halfway), and then
recompose your picture and wait for the subject to enter the frame.
Close up on the subject using macro lens
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When using macro lens to close up on the subject, it is difficult to focus with AF
when the enlargement ratio of the subject is bigger. Try using B mode of the
live view function. As AF becomes MF automatically, check the display on the
LCD monitor, rotate the focus ring and focus manually.
Subjects that are difficult to focus on
It may be difficult to focus with auto focus in the following situations.
In any situation, focus on something with high contrast that is at the same
distance as the subject, determine the composition and shoot the picture.
AF confirmation
mark is blinking
These subjects are
not focused.
Subject with low
contrast
Excessively bright
light in center of
frame
Subject with
repeated patterns
AF confirmation
mark lights up but
the subject is not
focused.
Subjects at different
distances
Fast-moving subject Subject not inside
AF frame
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