Owner's Manual

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Taking Photographs
Manual Focus
Checking Focus
A variety of options are available for checking focus in manual
focus mode.
The Manual Focus Indicator
The white line indicates the distance to the subject in the fo-
cus area (in meters or feet according to the option selected for
D SCREEN SET-UP> FOCUS SCALE UNITS in the setup menu),
the blue bar the depth of  eld, or in other words the distance in
front of and behind the subject that appears to be in focus.
Focus distance
(white line)
Depth of  eld
N
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If both AF DISTANCE INDICATOR and MF DISTANCE INDICATOR
are selected in the D SCREEN SET-UP> DISP. CUSTOM SETTING
list, the manual focus indicator can also be viewed using the depth-
of- eld indicator in the standard display. Use the DISP/BACK button to
display standard indicators.
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Use the G AF/MF SETTING> DEPTH-OF-FIELD SCALE option
to choose how depth of  eld is displayed. Choose FILM FORMAT
BASIS to help you make practical assessments of depth of  eld for
pictures that will be viewed as prints and the like, PIXEL BASIS to
help you assess depth of  eld for pictures that will be viewed at high
resolutions on computers or other electronic displays.
Focus Zoom
If ON is selected for G AF/MF SETTING> FOCUS CHECK, the camera
will automatically zoom in on the selected focus area when the focus
ring is rotated (P 69). Press the center of the rear command dial
to exit zoom.