Taking Photographs—Advanced Photography98Focusing at a Preset Distance: Manual FocusIn User Sets 1, 2, and 3, manual focus can be used in place of autofocus forsituations in which you know the distance to your subject. Focus distance canbe selected from fifty preset distances, ranging from 0.02 m (0.06´) to infinity.To use manual focus:1 Measure the distance to your subjectMeasure or estimate the distance to your subject from the front of the cam-era lens. This will be the distance you will select for manual focus.2 Choose the focus distanceRotate the command dial while pressing the MF ( ) button.Press while rotatingcommand dial+Focus distance is dis-played in monitor,and in control panelwhile MF ( ) but-ton is pressed. Aftercommand dial is re-leased, M-F icon incontrol panel showsthat manual focus isin effect.Close-ups and Optical ZoomAt short focus distances, the camera may be unable to focus at some zoompositions. If the camera is unable to focus at the current zoom position, thefocus distance display in the monitor will turn red. Zoom the camera in or outuntil the focus distance is no longer shown in red.
