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Advanced recording, Adjusting the focus manually – Samsung HMX-F90BN-XAA User Manual

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Advanced recording

Adjusting the focus manually

This camcorder automatically focuses subjects from close-up to

infinity. However, the correct focus may not be obtained depending

on the recording conditions. If this occurs, use the manual focus

mode.

1

Press the [Control (Up/Down)]
button to select Manual.

The manual focus adjustment

indicator appears.

2

Press the [Control (Left/Right)]
button to select the desired

indicator to adjust focus, and then press the [Control (OK)]

button.

The camcorder applies the manual focus setting and the (

)

indicator appears.

Focusing on a nearer or farther subject

To focus on a nearer subject, press the [Control (Left)] button.

To focus on a further subject, press the [Control (Right)] button.
• The nearer or further icon (

/

) appears between the

indicators when focus adjustment reaches the end.

• The adjusted value is applied right after you press the [Control

(Left/Right)] button to adjust the focus.

Examples of when to use the Manual focus mode

• When the subject is dark.

• When the background is too bright.

• When you view the subject through a window that is stained or

wet.

• When the subject has dense horizontal or sloping stripes.

• When the subject is distant and behind a nearby wire fence.

• When you are shooting walls, the sky, or other low-contrast

subjects.

• When the subject is emitting or reflecting strong light.

• When you are focusing on a subject near the boundary of the

frame.

• You can also adjust the focus with the shortcut menu. page 27
• Manual focusing focuses on a point in the framed scene while auto

focusing focuses on the centre area automatically.

• The Auto Focus (AF) setting is useful when you operate the zoom

function because you might not be able to keep accurate focus after

the zoom ratio has been changed.

• When Zoom Type is set to Digital Zoom, manual focusing will not

focus accurately. Before focusing manually, check if the Digital

Zoom is turned off. page 62

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