Canon XA70 Instruction Manual page 46

Adjusting the Focus
Focus Preset
When manual focus is activated, you can register a certain focus point and then, after you focus manually
somewhere else, have the camcorder return to the preset focus position.
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Operating modes:
1 Activate the manual focus using the FUNC menu and
adjust the focus to the desired position (A 45).
• The current approximate focusing distance will appear
inside the focus frame and in the focus preset button.
2 Select the focus preset button to save the current focus
position.
• The indicator inside the button will turn orange to show
the focus preset function was activated.
• Select the focus preset button again to cancel the stored
preset focus position.
3 Adjust the focus as necessary using touch focus or the
focus/zoom ring.
• Only the distance displayed inside the focus frame will
change as you focus.
4 Select [ ] to return to the preset focus position.
• [ ] will be grayed out while adjusting the focus or zoom.
• Select the focus preset button to turn off focus preset.
NOTES NOTES
• The preset focus position will be canceled when the camcorder is turned off.
• You can use the
camcorder returns to the preset focus position.
• Focusing distances are approximate. You can change the distance units used with the
Setup] > [Distance Units] setting.
> [v Camera Setup] > [Focus Preset Speed] setting to set the speed at which the
Current focusing
distance
Focus preset button
(in orange: focus
preset activated)
Touch to return to the
preset focus position
Preset focus position
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