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Selecting Focus Option

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Basic Photography and Playback Selecting Focus Option The following four options are available: Mode AF Autofocus (default setting) Description When to use The camera automatically adjusts Use when subject is 30 cm (1 ft.) the focus according to the dis- or more from the lens at a wide- tance to the subject. angle zoom position. w Infinity The camera focuses on subjects from 5 m (16 ft. 5 in.) to infinity. Use when shooting distant scenes through foreground objects such as windows. M Focusing limit Use when subject is 2 m (6 ft. 7 The camera can focus on subjects from 2 m (6 ft. 7 in.) to infinity. in.) or further from the lens. The camera will focus faster than when set to Autofocus. Available only when the mode dial is set to M or E. F Macro close-up When the F icon on the shoot- ing display turns green and the zoom position is set to wideangle, the camera can focus on Use for close-ups. objects as close as 4 cm (1.7 in.) from the lens. Focus OK Focus OK Display Focus menu. Highlight option. Selected focus option is indicated by icon on monitor. • To exit without setting the focus mode, wait five seconds without pressing d. 1/60 F2.7 120 Note on Focus Option Focus option cannot be selected in some scene modes (P.33 - 40). 31

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Basic Photography and Playback
Selecting Focus Option
The following four options are available:
Note on Focus Option
Focus option cannot be selected in some scene modes (P.33 - 40).
Mode
Description
When to use
AF Autofocus
(default setting)
The camera automatically adjusts
the focus according to the dis-
tance to the subject.
Use when subject is 30 cm (1 ft.)
or more from the lens at a wide-
angle zoom position.
w
Infinity
The camera focuses on subjects
from 5 m (16 ft. 5 in.) to infinity.
Use
when
shooting
distant
scenes
through
foreground
objects such as windows.
M
Focusing
limit
The camera can focus on sub-
jects from 2 m (6 ft. 7 in.) to
infinity.
Use when subject is 2 m (6 ft. 7
in.) or further from the lens. The
camera will focus faster than
when set to Autofocus. Avail-
able only when the mode dial is
set to
M
or
E
.
F
Macro
close-up
When the
F
icon on the shoot-
ing display turns green and the
zoom position is set to wide-
angle, the camera can focus on
objects as close as 4 cm (1.7 in.)
from the lens.
Use for close-ups.
Display
Focus
menu.
Highlight option.
Selected focus option is indicated by
icon on monitor.
•
To exit without setting the focus mode,
wait five seconds without pressing
d
.
OK
OK
OK
Focus
OK
OK
OK
Focus
F2.7
F2.7
1/60
1/60
120
120
F2.7
1/60
120