Focus, Handycam" user guide – Sony HDR-GW77V User Manual

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"Handycam" User Guide

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Before use

Getting started

Recording

Playback

Saving images with a PC

Customizing your camcorder

Troubleshooting

Maintenance and precautions

Contents list

Top page > Customizing your camcorder > Camera/Mic > Focus

Focus

To adjust the focus
On focal distance information

You can adjust the focus manually. You can select this function also when you want to focus on a
certain subject intentionally.

1.

[Camera/Mic]

[

Manual Settings]

[Focus].

2. Select the desired item.

Auto

The focus is adjusted automatically.
Manual
Adjust the focus using

(nearby subject) or

(distant subject).

appears when the focus cannot be adjusted any closer, and appears when the focus cannot

be adjusted farther away.

To adjust the focus

It is easier to focus on the subject by pressing the T (telephoto) zoom button to adjust the focus, then
pressing W (wide angle) to adjust the zoom for recording. When you want to record a subject at close
range, press the W (wide angle) zoom button, then adjust the focus.

On focal distance information

Your camcorder displays the focal distance information for a few seconds when the focus mode is
switched from automatic to manual or when you set the focus manually. You can use this information as
a guide when the subject is dark and focus adjustment is difficult.

Notes

When you set [Focus] to [Manual],

appears.

The minimum possible distance between camcorder and subject while maintaining sharp focus is

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