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Taking Photographs
Checking Focus
A variety of options are available for checking focus in manual
focus mode.
The Manual Focus Indicator
The manual focus indicator indicates
how closely the focus distance matches
the distance to the subject in the focus
brackets. The white line indicates the
distance to the subject in the focus area
(in meters or feet according to the option
selected for D SCREEN SET-UP> FOCUS
SCALE UNITS in the setup menu), the
blue bar the depth of  eld, or in other
words the distance in front of and behind
the subject that appears to be in focus.
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If both AF DISTANCE INDICATOR and MF DISTANCE INDICATOR
are selected in the D SCREEN SET-UP> DISP. CUSTOM SETTING
list, the manual focus indicator can also be viewed using the depth-
of- eld indicator in the standard display. Use the DISP/BACK button to
display standard indicators.
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Use the G AF/MF SETTING> DEPTH-OF-FIELD SCALE option
to choose how depth of  eld is displayed. Choose FILM FORMAT
BASIS to help you make practical assessments of depth of  eld for
pictures that will be viewed as prints and the like, PIXEL BASIS to
help you assess depth of  eld for pictures that will be viewed at high
resolutions on computers or other electronic displays.
Focus Zoom
If ON is selected for G AF/MF SETTING> FOCUS CHECK, the
camera will automatically zoom in on the selected focus area
when the focus ring is rotated.
Press the center of the rear com-
mand dial to exit zoom.
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Focus distance
(white line)
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Depth of  eld
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