Sony Handycam DCR-PC9 Operating Instructions Manual page 59

Focusing manually
You can gain better results by manually adjusting the focus in the following cases.
Normally, focus is automatically adjusted.
• The autofocus mode is not effective when shooting
subjects through glass coated with water droplets
- horizontal stripes
subjects with little contrast with backgrounds such as walls and sky
•When you want to change the focus from a subject in the foreground to a subject in the
background
• Shooting a stationary subject when using a tripod
(1) Press FOCUS
lightly in CAMERA or MEMORY mode. The _ indicator
appears.
(2) Turn the focus ring to sharpen focus.
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To return to the autofocus mode
Press FOCUS lightly to turn off _, _ or _ indicator.
To record distant subjects
When you press FOCUS down firmly, the, k_ns focuses on and _ indicator app_,ars.
When you release FOCUS, your camcorder returns to the manual focus mode. Use this
mode when your carncorder focuses on near objects even though you are trying to
shoot a distant object.
To focus precisely
It is easier to focus on the subject if you adjust the zoonr to shoot at the "W" (wide-
angle) after focusing at the "T" (telephoto) position.
When you shoot close to the subject
Focus at the end of the "W" (wide-angle) position.
_ changes as follows:
l_ when recording a distant subject.
when the subject is too close to focus on.
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