Focus - Samsung SMX-F50 User Manual

FOCUS

The camcorder usually focuses on a subject automatically (auto
focus). When the camcorder is turned on, auto-focus will always be
set. You can also manually focus a subject.
Select the Record (
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1.
Press the MENU button 
Control (Left/Right) button 
"Focus."
2.
Select the desired submenu item
with the Control (Up/Down)
button, and then press the OK
button.
3.
Press the MENU button to exit the
menu.
Submenu Items
Items
In most situations, it is better to use the automatic
Auto focus feature, as it enables you to concentrate
on the creative side of your recording.
Face To let the camcorder automatically detect faces
and optimize settings and recording conditions.
Detection
To focus manually. Manual focusing may be
Manual necessary under certain conditions that make
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automatic focusing diffi cult or unreliable.
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Focus
Auto
Face Detection
Manual
Exit
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Focus
Auto
Face Detection
Manual
Exit
Use
Face detection
Face Detection detects and recognizes
face-like shapes and adjusts focus,
color, and exposure automatically.
Also, it adjusts recording conditions
so that they are optimized for the face
detected.
• Press the Control (Up/Down)
button to select "Face Detection," and then press
the OK button.
- Detects a face and frames it in white. The detected face image
is optimised automatically.
• The Face Detection indicator (
are not recorded.
• When Face Detection frames a face, it also adjusts the focus and
exposure to optimal values for that face automatically.
• Face Detection may not operate depending on the recording
conditions. For example, the Face Detection frame may appear on a
'face-like' shape, even when the subject is not a person's face. If this
occurs, turn off the Face Detection feature.
• The Face Detection feature will not work on the side of a person's
face or if the illumination is too low. You must be facing subjects
"head-on" and have enough illumination.
On-screen
display
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Recording options
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and then press and then press
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