Contax AX User Manual

<3. Relation
of the Focusing
Button
Function Dial
(F-Dial)
and Focusing
Modes>
When switching the F-Dial,
you
can focus in
different
focusing
modes
as
follows:
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Autofocusl
The
autofocus
operates
when
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the shutter release
is
depressed
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focus
is locked
at that
position.
lf
the
shutter release
cannot
be de-
pressed
because it is
impossible
to focus
on it, the
shutter
can be
tripped
by
pressing
the
F-Button.
The
autofocus
operates with
the F-Button.
(lt
does not
operate with
the
shutter
eeffi
release.)
Once
the
lens is
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aF
position.
lf
you
remove
your
finger from
the F-Button,
the
movable
body
stops at that
position.
lt is
recommended
to
use this mode
when
you
use the focus lock
many
times
or
you
want to lock
the
focus
continuously.
CAF
(CorfinuosArcnocu$
*Provided
with Moving
Sub-
ject
Prediction
Capability
The
camera
continues
to
focus
while the
shutter
release is depressed
halfway.
The focus
is locked
by
pressing
the
F-Button.
The
camera continues
the
focusing
operation when
the
F-Button
is
pressed.
fl-he
autofocus
does not operate
with
the
shutter release.) lf
you
remove
your
finger from
it,
the movable
body stops at
that
position.
lt is
recommended
to
use
this
mode when
you
use the
focus lock
many times
or
you
want
to lock the focus
continuously.
MF
(Manual
Focusing)
Focusing
is done
by turning
the lens'
distance ring. The
autofocus will
not operate.
Focusing is
done by tuming
the
lens'
distance
ring.
lf
you
keep
on
pressing
the F-Button,
the
auto-
focus
operates and,
once it
is
focused
on
your
subject,
the
focus is locked
at that
position.
lf
you
remove
your
finger
from it,
the
autofocus
is
released
and
the
movable
body retums
to
the base
position.
lt is recommended
to
use
this
mode
when
you
operate
mainly
on manualfocus
and use
sometimes the
autofocus.
MACRO
(Macro
Photographyl
This
mode is
used
only
for manual
focusing.
Focusing
is
done
by
turning the
lens'
distance ring.
The
autofocus
does not
operate.
Moving
Obiect Prediction
Capability: When the
subject is approaching
or moving away
at approximately
the same speed, this
camera is
o"
capable
of focusing the lens
by controlling the
position
of the movable
body
in
order to obtain
correct focusing
at the moment
just
before the
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Contax AX Specifications

General

Brand	Contax
Model	AX
Category	Digital Camera
Language	English