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Taking Pictures
The procedure for setting the focus manually (\) is described below.
1
Press the four-way controller (5) in A mode.
The [Focus Mode] screen appears.
2
Use the four-way controller (5) to select \.
3
Press the 4 button.
The central portion of the image is
magnified to full screen on the display.
4
Press the four-way controller
(23).
The \ indicator appears on the
display to indicate the approximate
distance to the subject. Use the four-
way controller (23) to adjust the
focus using the indicator as a guide.
2 for distant focus
3 for closer focus
5
Press the 4 button.
The focus is fixed and the camera returns to capture mode.
After the focus is fixed, you can press the four-way controller (5) again
to display the \ indicator and readjust the focus.
•In 9 (Green) mode, you can only select =, q, or 3.
• (1cm Macro) is unavailable in X (Digital Wide) mode.
• The focus mode is fixed at s in S (Fireworks) mode.
• The noise from focusing is recorded when a focus mode other than 3
or s is selected in C (Movie) and (Underwater Movie) modes.
• When [Auto Macro] is on and shooting with q selected, if the subject
is further than 60 cm away, the camera automatically focuses to ∞
(Infinity).
Saving the Focus Mode setting 1p.158
To Set the Manual Focus
MENU
Cancel
OK
OK
MENU
Cancel
OK
OK
Focus Mode
Focus Mode
Manual Focus
Manual Focus
MENU
MENU
0.5
1
2
m
OK
OK
OK
OK
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