Autofocus may not work well on the following subjects. In such case, focus manually.
Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.
Reflective surfaces | Subjects with low contrast or without vertical lines | Fast Moving Subjects | Through wet windows | Night Scenes |
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Manual Focus Adjustment
1. Turn on the camcorder.
2. Touch [ ].
3. Drag your finger left/right to bring the [Main Functions] menu to the center, and then touch the icon to open it.
4. Drag your finger up/down to bring [Focus] to the center, and then and then touch the icon.
5. Touch a subject that appears inside the frame.
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It is also possible to focus on a subject by touching the [ ] button along with the [ ] and [ ] buttons instead of touching the subject.
6. To achieve focus more precisely, touch the [ ] or [ ] button to make fine adjustments.
When the [Focus Assistance] setting is [On], the center of the screen will be magnified.
For your reference, the focal distance to an in-focus subject in the scene appears during operation for a few seconds.
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If you wish to focus on faraway subjects such as mountains or fireworks, touch and hold [ ] until the focusing distance changes to [ ].
7. Touch [ ] to lock the focus at the selected distance.
During manual focus, [MF] will appear on the screen.
To return to autofocusing, carry out steps 2-5 again, and then touch the [ ] button.
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