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james
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Since sony did not include an English manual with my camera, I have some questions. What is "landscape" and "panfocus" modes? Under what conditions should I use them? Thanks.
James
James
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Michael Freifeld
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See the similar message I posted around the same time. Replies to my questions may answer yours.
Since sony did not include an English manual with my camera, I have some
questions. What is "landscape" and "panfocus" modes? Under what
conditions should I use them? Thanks.
James
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james
Guest
Which message was that please?
Since sony did not include an English manual with my camera, I have some
questions. What is "landscape" and "panfocus" modes? Under what
conditions should I use them? Thanks.
James
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Michael Freifeld
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The Subject is "F505 Exposure Modes" - there haven't been any replies to it, yet.
Since sony did not include an English manual with my camera, I have some
questions. What is "landscape" and "panfocus" modes? Under what
conditions should I use them? Thanks.
James
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Paul
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As far as I can tell, Landscape mode would lock the focus at infinity... So you don't have to wait for auto-focus.. Use when shooting mountain ranges and stuff. Panfocus (so the manual says), is used when switching quickly from close objects (people) to far object (aforementioned mountains). God knows when you would be doing this. But from this description I assume it is locking focus at infinty or very close...No in-between.. But don't quote me on that...
I shall experiment and return...
Paul
I shall experiment and return...
Paul
Since sony did not include an English manual with my camera, I have some
questions. What is "landscape" and "panfocus" modes? Under what
conditions should I use them? Thanks.
James
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Sander
Guest
sanderI believe Panfocus is merely a distance setting that covers a depth of field from about 10 feet to infinity. It may include stopping down the aperture a bit to encompass a near range even closer than 10 feet.Since sony did not include an English manual with my camera, I have some
questions. What is "landscape" and "panfocus" modes? Under what
conditions should I use them? Thanks.
James
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John Holman
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Yes. Panfocus will lock the lens at the hyperfocal distance & disable the zoom for use as a quick point-and-shoot fixed-focus camera. Very useful when you don't want to wait a second or two for the autofocus to lock on e.g. spontaneous 'people' shots?sanderI believe Panfocus is merely a distance setting that covers a depth of field from about 10 feet to infinity. It may include stopping down the aperture a bit to encompass a near range even closer than 10 feet.Since sony did not include an English manual with my camera, I have some
questions. What is "landscape" and "panfocus" modes? Under what
conditions should I use them? Thanks.
James
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