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pressed about halfway down.
* II you press the Shutter Release about haltway down
again, the distance set by the focus lock will blink,
indicating that the focus lock is operating. Once you
remove your finger from the Manual Focusing Button,
the focus lock will be canceled.
*
This method is useful for taking successive shots on
pan focus, which enables you to utilize the depth-of-
field effect centering around the subject that has been
focused by the autofocusing system.
MANUAL FOCUSING
1
. Set the manual focusing mode (Fig. 53)
Press in the Autofocus Button. The 'MF' Sign will be dis¬
played in the LCD to tell you that the camera is set to the
manual focusing mode. If you press in the Autofocus But¬
ton again, the camera will return to the autofocus mode.
2. Set the distance (Fig. 54)
Press in the Manual Focusing Button, hold it there and set
the distance with the Up/Down Dial.
* The "MF' Sign will Wink when the Manual Focusirtg But¬
ton is depressed. You can set the distar>ce only when it
is blinking.
* When the Manual Focusing Button is depressed in the
manual focusing mode, the distance is initially set to
2.0 m.
* The distar>ce$ that can be manually set are shown in
'Display in ^ finder* on page 24.
3. Effective uses of the manual focusing mode
(X, If you want to have artother person take a picture of
yourself
Set the shooting distance beforehand. har>d over the cam¬
era to another person arxl ask him (or her) to depress the
Shutter Release. You r)eed not explain him (or her) how to
aim the subject with the Autofocus Spot.
® If you want to take a moving object by pan focus
If you have set the shooting distance in advance by using
the manual focusing mode, the time tag caused by a lens
drive on autofocus is eliminated. With the aperture
stopped down (to F8 - F11). the lens will exhibit its pan¬
locus effect to artable you to take quick shots.
^ If you want to minimize the time lag on shutter opera¬
tion
All-automatic cameras require some time for the distance
measurement and lens dnve. If you set the camera in the
followirtg manner, the time lag from the moment you de¬
press the Shutter Release to the moment the shutter trips
will be minimized to let you lake pictures successively.
i)
Depending on the subject, set the distance by manual
focusing.
ii) Press the Shutter Release about halfway down and
move the lens to the set dislartce in advance.
iii) Set the aperture to F9.5 by using the aperture-prionty
auto exposure or manual exposure mo^.
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