User manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Topic Search
- Introduction
- Parts of the Camera
- Getting Started
- Basic Shooting and Playback Operations
- Shooting Features
- Selecting a Shooting Mode
- Auto Mode
- Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)
- Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)
- P, S, A, and M Modes (Setting the Exposure for Shooting)
- Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector
- Flash Mode
- Self-timer
- Focus Mode
- Using the Creative Slider
- Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)
- Using the Fn (Function) Button
- Using the Zoom
- Using Touch Shooting
- Focusing
- Default Settings (Flash Mode, Self-timer, and Focus Mode)
- Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting
- Playback Features
- Movies
- Connecting the Camera to a TV, Printer, or Computer
- Using the Menu
- Menu Operations
- Menu Lists
- The Shooting Menu (Common Across Shooting Modes)
- The Shooting Menu (P, S, A, or M Mode)
- The Movie Menu
- The Playback Menu
- The Network Menu
- The Setup Menu
- Time Zone and Date
- Monitor Settings
- EVF Auto Toggle (Automatically Switching the Display to the Viewfinder)
- Date Stamp
- Self-timer: After Release
- Photo VR
- AF Assist
- Digital Zoom
- Assign Side Zoom Control
- AE/AF Lock Button
- Sound Settings
- Auto Off
- Format Card/Format Memory
- Language
- HDMI Output
- Charge by Computer
- Image Comment
- Copyright Information
- Location Data
- Toggle Av/Tv Selection
- MF Peaking
- Reset All
- Touch-screen Controls
- Conformity Marking
- Firmware Version
- Technical Notes
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Shooting Features
Focus Mode
You can select the focus mode that is appropriate for the shooting distance.
1 Press the multi selector I (p).
2 Select the desired focus mode
(A63) and press the k button.
• If the setting is not applied by pressing the
k button, the selection will be canceled.
Available Focus Modes
C The Focus Mode Setting
• The setting may not be available with some shooting modes (A78).
• For shooting modes A, B, C, and D, the setting is saved in the camera’s memory even
after the camera is turned off.
Focus Mode
A
Autofocus
Use when the distance from the subject to the lens is 50 cm (1 ft 8 in.) or more, or
2.0 m (6 ft 7 in.) or more at the maximum telephoto zoom position.
D
Macro close-up
Set when taking close-up pictures.
When the zoom ratio is set to a position where F and the zoom indicator are
displayed in green, the camera can focus on subjects as close as approximately
10 cm (4 in.) from the lens. When the zoom is at a position more wide-angled
than where G is displayed, the camera can focus on subjects as close as
approximately 1 cm (0.4 in.) from the lens.
At the maximum telephoto zoom position, the camera can focus on subjects as
close as approximately 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in.) from the lens.
E
Manual focus
The focus can be adjusted on any subject at a distance from approximately 1 cm
(0.4 in.) to innity (∞) from the lens (A64). The closest distance at which the
camera can focus varies depending on the zoom position.
OK
Autofocus