Focus - Sony Handycam HDR-CX12 Handbook

To cancel, touch [OFF], or zoom to wide-
angle (W side).

Notes
When recording a distant subject, focusing may

be difficult and can take some time.
Adjust the focus manually ([FOCUS], p. 79)

when it is hard to focus automatically.
EXPOSURE
You can fix the brightness of a picture
manually. Adjust the brightness when the
subject is too bright or too dark relative to
the back ground.
 Touch [MANUAL].
appears.
 Adjust the exposure by touching
 Touch
.
To return the setting to automatic
exposure, touch [AUTO] 
 Tips
You can also adjust the setting manually using

the CAMERA CONTROL dial (p. 30).

FOCUS

You can adjust the focus manually. You can
select this function also when you want to
focus on a certain subject intentionally.
 Touch [MANUAL].
 appears.
 Touch
(focusing on close subjects)/
(focusing on distant subjects) to sharpen the
focus. appears when the focus cannot be
adjusted any closer, and
focus cannot be adjusted farther away.
 Touch
To adjust the focus automatically, touch
[AUTO] 

Notes
The minimum possible distance between

camcorder and subject while maintaining sharp
focus is about 1 cm (about 13/32 in.) for wide
angle and about 80 cm (about 2 5/8 feet) for
telephoto.
 Tips
It is easier to focus on the subject by moving

the power zoom lever towards T (telephoto) to
adjust the focus, then towards W (wide angle)
to adjust the zoom for recording. When you
want to record a subject at close range, move
the power zoom lever to W (wide angle), then
adjust the focus.
The focal distance information (distance at

which the subject is focused on, if it is dark
and focus adjustment is difficult) appears for
a few seconds in the following cases (This
information will not display correctly if an
/ .
optional conversion lens is being used).
When the focus mode is switched from

automatic to manual
When you set focus manually
in step . 
You can also adjust the focus manually using

the CAMERA CONTROL dial (p. 30).
SCENE SELECTION
You can record images effectively in
various situations.
 AUTO
Select to automatically record images
effectively without the [SCENE
SELECTION] function.
TWILIGHT* (
Select to maintain the darkening
atmosphere of the distant surroundings in
twilight scenes.
appears when the
.
in step .
)
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