For movie macro, the focus range is a few centimeters within the center distance. To focus with manual focus 1.On the monitor screen, compose the image so the subject you want to focus on is within the yellow boundary. 2.Watching the image on the monitor screen use [4] and [6] to adjust focus. • At this time the image that is within the boundary will enlarge and fill the monitor screen, which aids Yellow boundary in focusing. If you do not perform any operation for two seconds while the enlarged image is displayed, the screen in step 1 will re-appear. Advanced Settings 58 NOTE • An Auto Macro feature detects how far the subject is from the lens and automatically selects either Macro Focus or Auto Focus accordingly. • Use of the flash together with Macro Focus can cause the light of the flash to become blocked, which may result in unwanted lens shadows in your image. • Auto Macro can be used when recording snapshots only. Also, Auto Macro is supported only when zoom is set to full wide-angle. • Whenever you perform an optical zoom operation while shooting with Auto Focus, Macro Focus, or Manual Focus, a value will appear on the monitor screen to tell you the focus range, as shown below. Example: oo cm to 9 * oo is the actual focusing range value. • The operations assigned to the [4] and [6] keys with the “L/R Key” setting (page 64) are disabled while Manual Focus is selected as the focus mode. Using Focus Lock Subject to be focused on “Focus lock” is a technique you can use when you want to compose an image in which the subject you want to focus on is not within the focus frame in the center of the screen. • To use focus lock, select “U Spot” for the Auto Focus area (page 63). 1. Align the monitor screen’s focus frame with the subject you want to focus on and then half-press the shutter button. Focus frame 2.Keeping the shutter button half-pressed (which maintains the focus setting), move the camera to compose the image. 3.When you are ready to shoot the image, press the shutter button the rest of the way down. NOTE • Focus lock also locks exposure (AE). Advanced Settings B 59 ProcedureChanging the Focus Frame Shape (Focus Frame) ProcedureChanging the Focus Frame Shape (Focus Frame) [r] (REC) * [MENU] * REC Tab * Focus Frame You can use this procedure to select from among seven different shapes, including a heart shape, for the focus frame. Settings . . . . ™ ¬ . NOTE • Half-pressing the shutter button will cause the focus frame to change one of the shapes shown below. Focus successful Focus not successful • When shooting with face detection or the easy mode, the frame shape is .. • Monitor screen information display is always on (page 118) when “I Multi” is selected as the AF area (page 63) while any focus frame other than . is selected with this setting. Also, the following items will not appear. On-screen grid, histogram, and the following information when the shutter button is half-pressed: ISO, aperture, shutter speed. Advanced Settings B 60 ProcedureUsing Continuous Shutter (CS) ProcedureUsing Continuous Shutter (CS) [r] (REC) * [MENU] * REC Tab * CS While Continuous Shutter is turned on, images are continually recorded until memory becomes full, as long as you keep the shutter button depressed. Releasing the shutter button stops shooting. NOTE • With continuous shutter, exposure and focus for the first image are applied for successive images as well. • Continuous shutter cannot be used in combination with any of the following. – Some BEST SHOT scenes (For YouTube, Voice Recording) – easy Mode – Movie Recording • When using a continuous shutter mode, keep the camera still until all recording is finished. • The continuous shutter rate depends on the current image size and image quality settings. • The speed of Continuous Shutter depends on the type of memory card loaded in the camera and the amount of free space available for storage. When shooting to built-in memory, continuous shutter shooting is relatively slow. • You cannot use the self-timer in combination with Continuous Shutter. Advanced Settings 61 ProcedureUsing the Self-timer (Self-timer) ProcedureUsing the Self-timer (Self-timer) [r] (REC) * [MENU] * REC Tab * Self-timer With the Self-timer, pressing the shutter button starts a timer. The shutter is released and the image is shot after a fixed amount of time. 10 sec„ 10-second Self-timer 2 sec‚ 2-second Self-timer • When shooting under conditions that slow down the shutter speed, you can use this setting to prevent image blur due to camera movement. X3 (Triple Self-timer) ” Shoots three images: one image 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed, and the next two images as soon as the camera is ready after shooting the previous image. How long it takes for the camera to get ready to shoot depends on the image size and quality settings, whether or not a memory card is loaded in the camera, and the flash charge condition. Off Turns off the Self-timer. • The front lamp flashes while the Sel...