Owner's Manual

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Adjusting the Focus
Using the Focus Assistance Functions
In order to focus more accurately, you can use the following focus assistance functions: Dual Pixel Focus Guide,
an onscreen guide that shows you if the picture is in focus; peaking, which creates a clearer contrast by
emphasizing the outlines of the subject; and magnification, which enlarges the image on the screen. You can use
peaking and the focus guide or peaking and magnification simultaneously for greater effect.
Dual Pixel Focus Guide
The focus guide gives you an intuitive visual indication of the current focus distance and the direction and
amount of adjustment necessary to bring the picture into full focus. When used in combination with face
detection (A 79), the guide will focus on the vicinity of the eyes of the person detected as the main subject.
1 Select [Focus Guide].
> [
A ! Assistance Functions] > [Focus Guide]
2 Select [On] and then press SET.
3 If necessary, move the focus guide frame using the joystick or by touching the point where you want to focus
on the LCD screen.
• Press the CANCEL button to return the focus guide to the center of the screen.
NOTES
NOTES
• When the focus guide frame turns green, the subject is correctly focused.
• When the aperture is adjusted automatically, it may take a moment until the focus guide frame's response
stabilizes after operating the zoom.
• With subjects or in situations where autofocus may not work well (A 78), the focus guide may not work
correctly.
• The Dual Pixel Focus Guide function cannot be used in the following cases:
- While the focus is being adjusted automatically using AF-boosted MF or continuous AF.
- When you close the aperture beyond F11.
-When > [v'Camera Setup] > [Conversion Lens] is set to an option other than [Off].
-When > [v%Camera Setup] > [Digital Zoom] is set to [Tele-converter 6.0x] or [Tele-converter
3.0x], or to [Digital 300x] and the zoom ratio is in the digital zoom range.
- While the color bars are displayed.
- When the [Gamma] setting in the custom picture file (A 124) is set to [PQ] or [HLG].
- When infrared recording is activated.
• When the Dual Pixel Focus Guide function is used together with face detection or tracking, the focus guide
may not focus the main subject’s eyes correctly, depending on the direction in which the face is turned.
• If you set an assignable button to [Focus Guide] (A 117), you can press the button to turn the focus guide
function on and off.
In focus
(in green)
Focus farther
(large adjustment)
Focus farther
(small adjustment)
Focus closer
(small adjustment)
Focus closer
(large adjustment)
Cannot determine
adjustment