User Manual

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SQW0021
Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Determined position for focus (1-area-focusing) / (Pinpoint-focusing)
(1-area-focusing)
Focuses on AF area in center of picture. (Recommended when focus is difficult to align.)
• You can change the position and size of the AF area. (→121)
Locking the focus
If a subject you want to record is not in the center,
follow the steps below. (Only when [AFS/AFF/AFC]
is set to [AFS])
Focus display
( When focus is aligned: illuminated
When focus is not aligned: flashing)
AF area
( When focus is aligned: green
When focus is not aligned: red)
1
Adjust focus according to
subject
Align the AF
area with the
subject
Hold down
halfway
2
Return to desired composition
Press fully
(Pinpoint-focusing)
Enables more precise focusing on a smaller point than [ ] (1-area-focusing).
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You can set the focus position using the enlarged screen. (→122)
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When you press the shutter button halfway, an enlarged display of the focus position appears.
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You can set the timeout for the enlarged display using [Pinpoint AF Time] in the [Custom] menu.
(→122)
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If [ ] (Pinpoint-focusing) is selected while recording motion pictures, the setting is changed to
[
] (1-area-focusing).
Not available in the following case:
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Cannot set to [ ] (Pinpoint-focusing) in the following case:
• When [AFS/AFF/AFC] (→114) is set to [AFF] or [AFC]