Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color
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Manual Focus Adjustment
Autofocus may not work well on the
following subjects. In such case, focus
manually.
Reflective surfaces
Subjects with low contrast or
without vertical lines
Fast Moving Subjects
Through wet windows
Night Scenes
POINTS TO CHECK
Adjust the zoom before you start the
procedure.
Mode switch:
P
1
If the joystick guide does not appear
on screen, press (
) to display it.
2
Push the joystick ( ) toward
[FOCUS].
• If [FOCUS] does not appear on the
joystick guide, repeatedly push the
joystick ( ) toward [NEXT] to display
the joystick guide in the illustration
above.
• “MF” appears.
3
Adjust (
) the focus as required
until the image appears focused.
• Push the joystick ( ) toward
for a
farther focal distance or push it ( )
toward for a closer focal distance.
• Pushing the joystick (
) toward
[FOCUS] again will return the
camcorder to autofocus.
NOTES
The camcorder will automatically return to
autofocus when you set the mode switch to
AUTO
.
Readjust the focus when you have turned off
the camcorder.
Infinity Focus
Use this function when you wish to focus
on faraway subjects such as mountains or
fireworks.
POINTS TO CHECK
Adjust the zoom before you start the
procedure.
Mode switch:
P
1
If the joystick guide does not appear
on screen, press (
) to display it.
2
Keep the joystick pushed ( ) toward
[FOCUS] for more than 2 seconds.
•
appears.
• Pushing the joystick (
) toward
[FOCUS] again will return the
camcorder to autofocus.
NOTES
If you operate the zoom or the joystick (
)
during infinity focus,
changes to “MF” and the
camcorder returns to manual focusing mode.
(
12)
NEXT
FOCUS
(
12)
NEXT
FOCUS
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