User Guide
OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
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Using the Manual Focus Mode
With Manual Focus, you make the required focus settings by
hand. The following shows the relationship between the opti-
cal zoom factor and the focusing distance for the Manual
Focus Mode.
1.
Use the selector dial to select “MF” as the fo-
cus mode.
Optical Zoom Factor
1X
3X
Focusing Distance
6cm to ∞ (2.4˝ to ∞)
20cm to ∞ (7.9˝ to ∞)
2.
While watching the image on the monitor
screen, rock the control button up or down to
focus.
3.
Press the shutter release button to record the
image.
• As with Spot AF (page 63), you can change the posi-
tion of the focus frame for manual focus.
If you want to do this:
Move focus away from the
subject
Move focus towards the
subject
Do this:
Rock the control button up.
Rock the control button down.