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Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode
Choosing a Focus Mode
Choose a focus mode according to the subject and composition.
Focus Modes Available in Each Shooting Mode
(✔: available, –: not available)
* Availability varies between different scene modes (A 39 to 44).
A Autofocus
Camera automatically adjusts focus according to distance to subject. Use when the
distance from subject to lens is 40 cm (1 ft. 4 in.) or more, or 1.5m (5 ft.) or more
when camera is zoomed all the way out.
D Macro close-up
Use for close-ups of flowers or small objects. The closest distance at which the
camera can focus varies depending on the zoom position. When the zoom indicator
is positioned on the wide-angle side where the F mark glows green, the camera
can focus on subjects as close as 10 cm (4 in.) from the lens. When zoom is
positioned at the K mark, the camera can focus on subjects as close as 1 cm
(0.4 in.) from the lens.
B Infinity
Use when shooting distant scenes through foreground objects such as windows or
when shooting landscapes.
The focus indicator or focus area glow green while the shutter-release button is
pressed halfway. However, the camera may not be able to focus on nearby objects.
The flash mode is set to W (off).
E Manual focus
The focus can be adjusted for any subject that is a distance of 1 cm to infinity from
the lens. → A36
A (auto) P S A M Scene
d (Sport
Continuous)
D
(Movie)
A (Autofocus) ✔✔✔✔✔
*
✔✔
D (Macro close-up) ✔✔✔✔✔ – ✔
B (Infinity) ✔✔✔✔✔ – ✔
E (Manual focus) – ✔✔✔✔ – ✔ –