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Focus, Brightness (Exposure) and Colour tone Settings
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Recording mode:
By setting the optimum Focus Mode or Auto Focus Mode for the subject or recording
condition, you can let the camera automatically adjust focus in various scenes.
1
Press [ ] button ( )
2
Press to select [AF] and press
[MENU/SET]
• Set the focusing action when the shutter is pressed
halfway (→88)
• Switch the Auto Focus mode (→89)
3
Press the shutter button halfway
Focus display
( When focus is aligned: illuminated
When focus is not aligned: flashing)
AF area
(When focus is aligned: green)
• Two “beep” sounds are heard and Auto Focus is activated.
Four “beep” sounds when focus is not aligned.
• When you take a picture in a dark location, [ ] is displayed for the focus display
and it may take longer to adjust focus than usual.
• If the camera detects stars in the night sky after displaying [ ], Starlight AF will
be activated. When focus is achieved, the focus indication [ ] and AF areas in
focus are displayed.
(Detection with Starlight AF works only for approximately 1/3 of the centre area of
the screen.)
Subjects/environments which may make focusing difficult:
• Fast-moving or extremely bright objects, or objects with no colour contrast.
• Taking pictures through glass or near objects emitting light.
• In the dark, or with significant jitter.
• When too close to object or when taking pictures of both distant and close objects together in
the same picture.
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