User manual
Adjusting the Focus
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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 and tracking (A 87), the guide will focus on the vicinity of the eyes of the person detected as the main
subject.
1 Press the FOCUS GUIDE button to display the focus guide.
• Alternatively, you can use the [ Assistance Functions] > [Focus Guide] setting to turn the focus guide on
and off.
2 Push the joystick up/down/left/right to move the focus frame guide.
• Alternatively, on the LCD screen, touch the area to focus on.
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Only when the optional LM-V1 LCD Monitor is attached.
NOTESNOTES
• With subjects or in situations where autofocus may not work well (A 85), 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 one-shot AF or continuous AF.
- When the aperture value used is F11 or larger.
- When a manual focus lens is attached to the camera, except for compatible EF Cinema lenses (A 222).
• When the Dual Pixel Focus Guide function and Face AF functions are used together, the focus guide may not
focus the main subject’s eyes correctly, depending on the direction in which the face is turned.
FOCUS GUIDE button
In focusFocus farther
(large adjustment)
Focus farther
(small adjustment)
Focus closer
(small adjustment)
Focus closer
(large adjustment)
Cannot determine
adjustment