Pentax 8557 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Taking Pictures
1
Press the four-way controller (5)
in A mode.
The [Focus Mode] screen appears.
The focus mode changes each time the
button is pressed. You can also change the
setting using the four-way controller (23).
2
Press the 4 button.
The setting is saved and the camera returns to capture mode.
The procedure for setting the focus manually (\) is described here.
1
Press the four-way controller (5) in A mode.
The [Focus Mode] screen appears.
2
Use the four-way controller (5) to select \.
3
Press the 4 button.
The central portion of the image is magnified to full screen on the display.
4
Press the four-way controller
(23).
The \ indicator appears on the display to
indicate the approximate distance to the
subject. Use the four-way controller (23)
to adjust the focus using the indicator as a
guide.
2 for distant focus
3 for closer focus
The available modes differ depending on the selected shooting mode.
Refer to “Functions Available for Each Shooting Mode” (p.204) for details.
The noise from focusing is recorded when a focus mode other than 3 or
s is selected in C (Movie), (Underwater Movie), (High Speed
Movie), c (Time-Lapse Movie), and (1cm-Macro Movie) modes.
When [Auto Macro] is on and shooting with q selected, if the subject is
further than 50 cm away, the camera automatically focuses to (Infinity).
Saving the Focus Mode setting 1p.123
To Set the Manual Focus
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Focus Mode
Focus Mode
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Focus Mode
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