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The image is blurred or out of focus

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Autofocus may not work well on the following subjects. In such case, focus manually.

Manual Focus Adjustment

Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.

Mode switch:

1. If the joystick guide does not appear on screen, press ⋖⋗ to display it.

2. Push the joystick ⋖⋗ toward [FOCUS] to activate the manual focus.

[FOCUS] on the joystick guide will be displayed in light blue and "MF" appears on the screen.

3. Adjust ⋖⋗ the focus as necessary.

- 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.

4. Push the joystick ⋖⋗ toward [BACK] to save the focus adjustment.

Infinity Focus

Use this function when you wish to focus on faraway subjects such as mountains or fireworks.

Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.

Mode switch:

1. Keep the joystick pushed ⋖⋗ toward [FOCUS] for more than 2 seconds.

- appears.

- Pushing the joystick ⋖⋗ toward [FOCUS] again will return the camcorder to autofocus.

- If you operate the zoom or the joystick ⋖⋗, changes to "MF" and the camcorder returns to manual focusing mode.

2. Push the joystick ⋖⋗ toward [BACK] to save the focus adjustment.

Caution

The camcorder will automatically return to autofocus when you set the mode switch to .

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