Shooting distant subjects or close-up subjects
12-Feb-2009
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Solution
When shooting a distant subject or close-up subject, there are cases where focus cannot be achieved under the normal shooting range.
Set an optimal focusing range depending on your shooting conditions.
CAUTION
- The following explanations are provided based on the assumption that the [Shooting Mode] is set to [Program AE] (
). - If the [Shooting Mode] is set to [AUTO] (
), the [Focusing Zone] will be set automatically, so the following procedures are not required.
1. Press the <Power> button on the camera.
NOTE
To set the focusing range, you need to set the [Shooting Mode] to one of the following settings.
- [Program AE] (), [Movies] (
), [Special scene]* (
)
), [Movies] (), [Special scene]* ()* The above setting cannot be made if the camera is in the [Kids&Pets] (
), [Sunset] (
), [Fireworks] (
), [Super Macro] (
).
), [Sunset] (), [Fireworks] (), [Super Macro] ().2. Press the <Macro / Infinity> (
/ 
) button.
/ ) button.
3. The following screen appears.
Operate the <directional buttons> left or right to set an optimal focusing range for your shooting conditions.
The focusing range you selected will appear.The distance of each focusing range is as follows (from the end of the lens):
- [Normal] (
) : 50cm (1.6 ft.) – infinity
) : 50cm (1.6 ft.) – infinity- [Macro] () : 3 - 50cm (1.2 in. – 1.6 ft.) (W) / 25 - 50cm (9.8 in. – 1.6 ft.) (T)
) : 3 - 50cm (1.2 in. – 1.6 ft.) (W) / 25 - 50cm (9.8 in. – 1.6 ft.) (T)- [Infinity] () : 3m (9.8 ft.) – infinity
) : 3m (9.8 ft.) – infinity