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Focus, Brightness (Exposure) and Colour tone Settings
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Recording mode:
By setting the optimum Focus Mode or Auto Focus Mode for the subject or recording
condition, you can let the camera automatically adjust focus in various scenes.
1
Press [ ] button ( )
2
Press to select [AF] and press
[MENU/SET]
•Set the focusing action when the shutter is pressed
halfway
•Switch the Auto Focus mode
(→
)
3
Press the shutter button halfway
Focus display
( When focus is aligned: illuminated
When focus is not aligned: flashing)
AF area
(When focus is aligned: green)
•Two “beep” sounds are heard and Auto Focus is activated.
Four “beep” sounds when focus is not aligned.
•When you take a picture in a dark location, [ ] is displayed for the focus display
and it may take longer to adjust focus than usual.
•If the camera detects stars in the night sky after displaying [ ], Starlight AF will
be activated. When focus is achieved, the focus indication [ ] and AF areas in
focus are displayed.
(Detection with Starlight AF works only for approximately 1/3 of the centre area of
the screen.)
Subjects/environments which may make focusing difficult:
•Fast-moving or extremely bright objects, or objects with no colour contrast.
•Taking pictures through glass or near objects emitting light.
•In the dark, or with significant jitter.
•When too close to object or when taking pictures of both distant and close objects together in
the same picture.
