995: Turning off Continuous Auto Focusing

How do you deactivate the Continuous Auto Focusing mode on the 995? I just want it on single. The battery life is terrible using continuous, and the sound is driving me crazy! Thanks

You can disable continuous autofocus only in Manual mode.

Set the selector switch to "M", and press the "menu" button. Scroll down to "focus options" on the second screen, then select "Auto-Focus Mode". Then pick "Single AF". Now the camera will focus only when you depress the shutter button half way, but only in Manual mode. But when you switch back to full Auto mode, it resumes full-time focusing.

I believe a bigger drain on the battery is the LCD monitor. Turning this off will have a bigger effect on battery life than disabling full-time autofocus, I think.

John

Billy said:

How do you deactivate the Continuous Auto Focusing mode on the 995?
I just want it on single. The battery life is terrible using
continuous, and the sound is driving me crazy! Thanks

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Billy said:

How do you deactivate the Continuous Auto Focusing mode on the 995?
I just want it on single. The battery life is terrible using
continuous, and the sound is driving me crazy! Thanks

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Go to manual mode. Menu, Focus,Auto-Focus Mode, Single AF--RonA

John F Gerhardt said:

I believe a bigger drain on the battery is the LCD monitor.
Turning this off will have a bigger effect on battery life than
disabling full-time autofocus, I think.

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I don't like having the LCD on all the time because it drains the battery.

On my Olympus 2040z, when I took a shot, it displayed the photo while it was writing it to the SmartMedia, and then after that displayed it for 2 seconds and shut off until the next picture was taken. Is there a feature like this on the Nikon CP5000?

Norm Fraga said:

Norm Fraga said:

I believe a bigger drain on the battery is the LCD monitor.
Turning this off will have a bigger effect on battery life than
disabling full-time autofocus, I think.

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I don't like having the LCD on all the time because it drains the
battery.

On my Olympus 2040z, when I took a shot, it displayed the photo
while it was writing it to the SmartMedia, and then after that
displayed it for 2 seconds and shut off until the next picture was
taken. Is there a feature like this on the Nikon CP5000?

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Yes there is Norm, it's found in the cameras SETUP menu under MONITOR. Choose the REVIEW ONLY mode. In this mode the monitor will only briefly display the image after a shot is captured, and will then turn the monitor off again.--CP5000, OM-2n

If you turn off the lcd when in the auto mode it will turn off the continous focusing. Just use the viewfinder to compose. Don't know why they designed it this way.

troutman

Billy said:

How do you deactivate the Continuous Auto Focusing mode on the 995?
I just want it on single. The battery life is terrible using
continuous, and the sound is driving me crazy! Thanks

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MDTROUT said:

If you turn off the lcd when in the auto mode it will turn off the
continous focusing. Just use the viewfinder to compose. Don't know
why they designed it this way.

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Maybe to provide an easy way to operate the camera with minimal battery drain?

Billy said:

How do you deactivate the Continuous Auto Focusing mode on the 995?
I just want it on single. The battery life is terrible using
continuous, and the sound is driving me crazy! Thanks

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See my info on 995 battery life:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1007&message=1909686

Regards: Jim Ford