Sony HANDYCAM DCR-TRV330 Operating Instructions Manual page 47

Focusing manually
You can gain better results by manually adjusting the focus in the following cases:
• 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) Set FOCUS
to MANUAL in CAMERA or MEMORY (DCR-TRV330/TRV530
only) mode. The @ indicator appears on the screen.
(2) Turn the focus ring to sharpen focus.
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FOCUS ,_
To return to the autofocusmode
SetFOCUStoAUTO.
To focus precisely
Adjust the zoom by first focusing at the "T" (telephoto) position and then shooting at
the "W" (wide-angle) position. This makes focusing easier.
When you shoot close to the subject
Focus at the end of the "W" (wide-angle) position.
_ changes to the following indicators:
when recording a distant subject.
when the subject is too close to focus on.
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