Af Operation During Live View - Olympus E-420 Instruction Manual

Taking a picture with [AF SENSOR]
1
Press the shutter button all the way.
• The mirror is lowered and the picture is taken after the
focus is locked.
• The image that was displayed on the monitor before
lowering the mirror freezes during focusing.
• If correct focus cannot be obtained, you will hear the sound
of the shutter but the picture will not be taken.
• To focus in advance, hold down the AEL / AFL button and
press the shutter button. When the focus is locked, the AF
confirmation mark lights up. When the AF confirmation
mark is blinking, the focus is not locked.
Taking a picture with [HYBRID AF]
1
Press the shutter button halfway.
3
• The Imager AF will be activated and you can check the
subject on the LCD monitor.
• When the Imager AF achieves approximate focus, the n
mark lights up.
2
Press the shutter button all the way.
• The picture is taken in a similar way as when using [AF
SENSOR].

AF operation during live view

[IMAGER AF]
When you press the shutter button halfway, AF is performed by the image pickup device. 11
available AF targets allow you to focus on a subject even if it does not appear in the center of
the picture.
[AF SENSOR]
When you press the shutter button all the way, the AF is activated and the picture is taken in the
same way as when taking pictures using the viewfinder (AF is not activated on pressing the
shutter button halfway).
[HYBRID AF]
When you press the shutter button halfway, focusing is performed approximately by the Imager
AF and you can check the subject on the LCD monitor. When you press the shutter button all
the way, the AF is activated in the same way as with the [AF SENSOR] setting. The
approximate focusing distance is obtained when the shutter button is pressed halfway so the
time it takes to actually take the picture after pressing the shutter button all the way is
shortened. When using S-AF+MF, this is very convenient as you can hold the shutter button
pressed halfway and finely adjust the focus while checking the LCD monitor.
40
EN
AF confirmation mark
250 F5.6 250 F5.6
L N N
38 38
n mark
250 F5.6 250 F5.6
o
L N N
38 38