User Guide
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When Auto Focus Cannot Find Focus
The auto focus function requires contrast in the subject. Auto focusing
may fail to achieve focus with certain subjects described below. In such
cases, either switch to the manual focus mode (and focus manually) or
focus on a more contrast appropriate object at the same distance as
the object you want to photograph, lock the focus using the focus lock
button on the front of the camera body, then take a picture.
• Low-contrast subject (blue skies, white walls and other objects)
• Two or more objects overlapping at different distances within the
focus frame (animals in cages, etc.)
• Subjects with continuous repeated patterns (building exteriors, blinds, etc.)
• Extremely backlit reective subjects (car bodies, water surfaces, etc.)
• Or when the subject is far smaller than the focus frame