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The distance from the subject to the camera is referred to as the shooting distance.
When the shooting distance is set correctly and the image appears sharp, the image is focused.
■Two Focusing Methods: AF and MF.
The mechanisms for focusing are AF (auto focus) and MF (manual focus).
AF: The camera automatically focuses on the subject in the AF frame. The camera focuses
when you press the shutter button down halfway.
FOCUSING
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Advanced Features
Photography
FOCUSING
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DISTANCE
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✽2 Switching Macro mode ON/OFF
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Subjects Not suitable for Auto Focus
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Macro OFF Macro ON Super Macro ON
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The AF Sensor
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MF: Turn the focusing ring to focus the shot.
■Causes of Focusing Errors and the Solutions
Cause Solution
The subject is not in the AF frame.
The subject is not suited to AF.
The subject is outside the shooting range.
The subject is moving too quickly.
Use AF lock (✽1) or MF.
Use AF lock (✽1) or MF.
Switch Macro mode on or off (✽2).
Use MF (pre-setting the shooting distance for a shot (lock pin))
The FinePix S602 ZOOM uses an external AF sensor (external-light passive phase difference AF)
that features faster AF operation than previous models. The external AF sensor does not operate in
Macro or Super Macro mode, when the digital zoom or AREA AF is used, or when “SET ADAPTER
RING - YES” is specified. Focusing may take longer if the external AF sensor is soiled (➡P.86).
h Very shiny subjects such as a mirror or car
body.
h Subjects photographed through glass.
h Subjects that do not reflect well, such as
hair or fur.
h Subjects with no substance, such as smoke
or flames.
h When the subject is dark.
h When there is very little contrast between
the subject and the background (such as
white walls or subjects dressed in the same
color as the background).
h Subjects moving at high speed.
h When something other than your subject is
close to the AF frame, has contrasting areas
of light and dark and is either closer or
further away than your subject (as when you
photograph someone against a background
with strongly contrasting elements).
✽1 Taking pictures using AF lock
Recompose the shot and take the picture.
Press the shutter button down
halfway to focus.
Capture the subject
