Kitchen Star VE-CG40U - Manual (Page 25)

15
Basic Operations
Zooming
A
v
ailab
le in
[
,
]
,
;
,
'
,
,
,
.
or
=
mode
Zooming allows you to move visually closer to or far
ther fr
om a subject without physically
changing your position. When using the optical zoom, you can enlarge the subject up to 3
K
.
Zooming in Press the P
o
w
er Zoom
“T”
(telephoto) b
utton
to get a close-up vie
w (
1
).
Zooming out Press the P
o
w
er Zoom
“W”
(wide angle)
b
utton to get a wide field of vie
w (
2
).
•
The zoom range indicator shows you the curr
ent
zoom setting.
Note: •
See page 30 for how to use the digital zoom.
Auto Focus
A
v
ailab
le in
[
,
]
,
;
,
'
,
,
,
.
or
=
mode
The camera is designed to automatically focus on most types of subjects. The camera automatically focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. Notes: •
If no subject is in the center of the frame, the focus ar
ea will expand and the subject near
est
the center will be focused on.
•
If ther
e is no subject to focus on, the camera will
automatically zoom out until a focusable subject comes into the frame.
•
A
uto Focus ma
y not w
ork in the situations
described belo
w
. If
v
lights up red,
the
camera cannot auto-f
ocus.
T
ry f
ocusing a
gain
in a different angle or composition.
–
Subject is too dark.
–
Lack of contrast, e.g. snow scene.
–
Fast-moving subject.
–
Backgr
ound is too bright.
–
Subject has horizontal stripes.
–
Subject is shot thr
ough a dirty or wet
window
.
–
Light r
eflects of
f the subject.
–
T
wo subjects at dif
fer
ent distances overlap
in the same frame.
–
Subject has fine, r
epeated patter
ns.
–
Subjects at dif
fer
ent distances appear in
the center of the frame at the same time.
–
Fast-speed shutter being used under fluor
escent lighting.
WT
3
ZO
O
M
Zooming in (when you want to center
attention on the subject)
Zooming out (when you want to include
the surr
oundings)
Power zoom
buttons
Zoom range indicator