Shooting In Manual Mode; Switching To Manual Mode; Setting Focus (Manual Focus) - Panasonic AVCCAM AG-AC160P Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting in manual mode

Set the camera to manual mode to adjust the focus,
iris, gain and white balance manually.

Switching to manual mode

Set the <AUTO/MANU> switch to the <MANU>
position to switch to manual mode.
([ ] display of the viewfinder and the LCD monitor
disappears.)
<AUTO/MANU> switch

Setting focus (manual focus)

Focus ring <FOCUS> switch
<PUSH AUTO>
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With the <AUTO/MANU> switch, switch to
manual mode.
2
With the <FOCUS> switch, switch the focus
control method.
<A> (AUTO):
Auto focus mode
Automatically sets the focus.
<M> (MANUAL):
Manual focus mode
Manually move the focus ring to set the focus.
< >:
After setting focal distance to infinity,
automatically switched to the manual focus
mode. The <FOCUS> switch automatically
moves back to <M> (MANUAL) even when
you move it to < >.
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<AUTO/MANU>
button switch
Temporarily go into auto focus mode
Even if the <FOCUS> switch is in the <M>
(MANUAL) position, while pressing the <PUSH
AUTO> button, the camera goes into auto focus
mode, and the focus can be set automatically.
Switching to manual focus assist mode
You can switch from manual mode to manual focus
assist mode by turning [ON] the [MF ASSIST] item
on the setup menu [SW MODE] screen.
• Focus adjustment is performed roughly with
about half the work in focus ring operation,
compared to the manual focus mode.
• After adjustment with the focus ring, focus adjusts
automatically (fine adjustment).
• When focus is off a great deal, it may not be set.
• After making an automatic adjustment, the next
automatic adjustment is not performed until the
focus ring is moved.
• Because auto focus sometimes does not operate
correctly when there is flickering, select a shutter
speed appropriate to the lighting. (Page 37)
• When using auto focus mode with any format
other than 60i and 60P, the time for the focus
control will be slightly longer than for the normal
focus mode.
• When [ON] is selected in the [AF] item on the
setup menu [AUTO SW] screen, auto focus is on
during auto mode regardless of the position of
the <FOCUS> switch. (Page 88)
• During macro shooting, the screen display of [AF],
[MF], and [MA] become boxed characters.