α Handbook
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- Introduction of functions
- Before use
- Functions list
- Preparing the camera
- Shooting and viewing images
- Selecting a shooting mode
- Switching the recording information display
- Adjusting the focus
- Adjusting the brightness of the image
- Using the drive mode
- Advanced shooting
- Using the flash (sold separately)
- Flash modes available
- Flash Compensation
- Flash control
- FEL lock
- Setting ISO
- Compensating for the brightness and contrast automatically (D-Range)
- Setting the image processing
- Adjusting the color tones (White balance)
- Setting image size
- Setting the aspect ratio and image quality
- Detecting faces
- Smile Shutter
- Zooming
- Reducing the noise in an image
- Setting the color space
- Movie recording setup
- Advanced playback
- Setup of the camera
- Viewing images on a computer
- Troubleshooting/Others
- Index
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Adjusting the focus
You can make fine adjustments after adjusting the focus in auto focus
(Direct manual focus).
You can quickly focus on a subject rather than using the manual focus from
the beginning. This is convenient in cases such as macro shooting.
3 Press the Focus Magnifier button
again to enlarge the image and
select the portion you want to
enlarge with v/V/b/B on the
multi-selector.
• Each time you press the Focus
Magnifier button, the zoom scaling
changes as follows:
Full-frame size: Approx. ×5.9 t
Approx. ×11.7
APS-C size: Approx. ×3.8 t Approx.
×7.7
4 Confirm and adjust the focus.
• Rotate the focusing ring to adjust the focus in manual focus mode.
• If you press the center of the multi-selector, the enlarged portion returns to
the center.
• The Focus Magnifier function is canceled if you press the shutter button
halfway down.
5 Press the shutter button fully down to shoot the image.
• You can record images when an image is enlarged, however the recorded
image is for full display.
• The Focus Magnifier function will be released after shooting.
Direct manual focus (DMF)
1 Fn button t (Focus Mode) t (DMF)