Sony Handycam DCR-DVD408 Operating Manual page 78

Functions set in the OPTION MENU
Items you can set only on the OPTION
MENU will be described below.
How to set
A
(HOME MENU) -+ page
64
O.:(OPTION MENU) -+ page 76
The default settings are marked with
~.
displayed correctly if you are using a conversion
lens (optional).)
- When the focus mode is switched from
automatic to manual.
- When you set focus manually
You can select and adjust the focal point to
aim it at a subject not located at the center
of the screen.
You can adjust the focus manually. You can
select this function also when you want to
focus on a certain subject intentionally.
STay
78
CD
Touch [MANUAL].
® appears.
®
Touch (focusing on close
subjects)1
I~~I
(focusing on distant subjects) to
sharpen the focus. :. appears when the
focus cannot be adjusted any closer, and
M
appears when the focus cannot be adjusted
farther away.
@Touch
[OKI.
To adjust the focus automatically, touch
[AUTO]
-+
lOKI
in step
CD.
" Notes
• The minimum possible distance between
camcorder and subject while maintaining sharp
focus is about 1 em (about 13/32 in.) for wide
angle and about SO em (about 2 5/S feet) for
telephoto.
'Q'
Tips
• It is easier to focus on the subject by moving the
power zoom lever towards T (telephoto) to
adjust the focus, then towards W (wide angle) to
adjust the zoom for recording. When you want
to record a subject at close range, move the
power zoom lever to W (wide angle), then
adjust the focus.
• The focal distance information (the distance at
which the subject is focused on, for when it is
dark and hard to adjust focus) appears for a few
seconds in the following cases. (It will not be
CD
Touch the subject on the screen.
®
appears.
®
Touch [ENOl.
To adjust the focus automatically, touch
[AUTO]
-+
[END] in step
CD.
" Notes
• If you set [SPOT FOCUS], [FOCUS] is
automatically set to [MANUAL].
This is useful to shoot small subjects, such
as flowers or insects. You can blur out
backgrounds and the subject stands out
clearer.
When you set [TELE MACRO] to [ON]
(T~'), the zoom (p. 36) moves to the top of
the T (telephoto) side automatically and
allows recording subjects at a close
distance, down to about
45
em (17 3/4 in.)*.
* DCR-DVD40S/DVDSOS: about
37
em
(14
5/
Sin.)
To cancel, touch [OFF], or zoom to wide-
angle (W side).