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Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects, Focus Lock

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80 Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock) Available Shooting Modes p. 178 It may be difficult to focus on the following types of subjects. • Subjects with extremely low contrast to the surroundings • Scenes with a mixture of near and far subjects • Subjects with extremely bright objects at the center of the composition • Subjects that are moving quickly • Subjects through glass 1 Aim the camera so that an object at the same focal distance as the main subject is centered in the AF frame. 2 Press the shutter button halfway to lock the focus. 3 Keep the shutter button pressed halfway while you recompose the image and press the shutter button all the way to shoot the image. z Since AF frames do not display in mode, aim the camera so that the focus is on the target subject. z When shooting with the focus lock, setting [AF Frame] to [Center] (p. 76) makes shooting easier since the camera focuses using the center AF frame only. z When shooting the subjects through glass, try to shoot as close to the glass as possible to reduce the chances of light reflecting back off the glass.

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It may be difficult to focus on the following types of subjects.
• Subjects with extremely low contrast to the surroundings
• Scenes with a mixture of near and far subjects
• Subjects with extremely bright objects at the center of the composition
• Subjects that are moving quickly
• Subjects through glass
Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects
(Focus Lock)
Available Shooting Modes
p. 178
1
Aim the camera so that an object at the same
focal distance as the main subject is centered
in the AF frame.
2
Press the shutter button halfway to lock the
focus.
3
Keep the shutter button pressed halfway while
you recompose the image and press the
shutter button all the way to shoot the image.
Since AF frames do not display in
mode, aim the camera
so that the focus is on the target subject.
When shooting with the focus lock, setting [AF Frame] to
[Center]
(p. 76)
makes shooting easier since the camera
focuses using the center AF frame only.
When shooting the subjects through glass, try to shoot as
close to the glass as possible to reduce the chances of light
reflecting back off the glass.