Adjusting The Focus - Sony Nxcam HXR-NX70U Operating Manual

Adjusting the focus

You can adjust the focus manually for
different recording conditions.
Use this function in the following cases.
To record a subject behind a window covered
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with raindrops.
To record horizontal stripes.
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To record a subject with little contrast
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between the subject and its background.
When you want to focus on a subject in the
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background.
To record a stationary subject using a tripod.
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During recording or standby,
push the FOCUS button .
 appears.
 Set the ZOOM/FOCUS/IRIS switch
 to FOCUS.
FOCUS is assigned to the manual ring
.
Rotate the manual ring  and

adjust the focus.
 changes to
cannot be adjusted any farther. 
changes to when the focus cannot be
adjusted any closer.
For focusing manually
The minimum possible distance between
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camcorder and subject while maintaining sharp
focus is about 1 cm (about 13/32 in.) for wide
angle and about 80 cm (about 31 1/2 in.) for
telephoto.
It is easier to focus on the subject when you
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use the zoom function. Move the power zoom
lever towards T (telephoto) to adjust the focus,
and then, towards W (wide angle) to adjust the
zoom for recording.
When you want to record a close-up image of

a subject, move the power zoom lever towards
W (wide angle) to fully magnify the image, then
adjust the focus.
To restore automatic adjustment
Push the FOCUS button  again. 
disappears and the automatic focus
adjustment is restored.
Tips
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The focal distance information (for when it is
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dark and hard to adjust the focus) appears for
about 3 seconds in the following cases. (It will
not be displayed correctly if you are using a
conversion lens (sold separately)).
When you change the focus setting from
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automatically to manually
when the focus
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