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OR
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ON
P
HOT
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Y
Focus
Choose how the camera focuses. By default, the camera
uses autofocus; other options are listed below.
Option
Option
Description
Description
Multi AF
The camera selects the focus area with the closest
subject, preventing out-of-focus shots by keeping
the camera from focusing on the background.
Spot AF
Focus on the subject in the center of the frame.
MF
(
manual focus
)
Focus manually (page 60).
Snap
Focus is fixed at distance selected with
Snap Focus
Distance
(page 64) for quick shutter response.
∞
(
infinity
)
Fix the focus distance at infinity when photograph-
ing distant scenes.
In the case of
MF
,
Snap
, and
∞
, the
current selection is shown by an
icon in the picture display.
Tip: Depth of Field
Depth of field
is the distance in front of and behind the focus point
that appears to be in focus. Small apertures (high f-numbers) in-
crease depth of field, bringing more of the scene into focus; large
apertures (low f-numbers) decrease depth of field, emphasizing
the main subject by blurring the foreground and background. At
settings of
MF
,
Snap
, and
∞
, the focus
bar shows depth of field in shooting
modes
M
,
A
, and
P
(in mode
P
, depth of
field is only shown when the shutter-
release button is pressed halfway and
aperture values are displayed).
Note
The
Fn
buttons can be used to switch back and forth between au-
tofocus and manual or snap focus (page 121).
Depth of field
(green)
Focus bar
(distances are
approximate)
Depth of field
(green)
Focus bar
(distances are
approximate)
