Optimus S1000PJ User Manual

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Focusing on a Moving Subjects
Subject Tracking Mode
Use this mode to take pictures of moving subjects. Select the subject which the 
camera will focus. The focus area will automatically move to track the subject.
1
Press the A button in shooting 
mode to display the shooting 
mode menu, press the multi 
selector 
H or I to select s, and 
press the 
k button.
The display switches to that for subject 
tracking mode and a white single border is 
displayed at the center of the frame.
2
Select a subject.
Align the subject with the single border at the center of 
the frame and press the 
k button.
- The subject is selected.
- When the camera is unable to focus on the subject, the 
single border will glow red. Change the composition 
and try again.
When the subject is selected, a yellow focus area 
indicator will be displayed around that subject and the 
camera will start tracking that subject.
To change the subject, press the 
k button to deselect 
the current subject.
If the selected subject is not visible in the monitor, the 
focus area indicator will disappear and the selection will be cancelled. Select the subject 
again.
3
Press the shutter-release button to take a 
picture.
The camera focuses on the focus area when the shutter-
release button is pressed halfway. The focus area 
indicator will glow green and focus will be locked.
When the camera is unable to focus, the focus area 
indicator will blink. Press the shutter-release button 
halfway again to focus.
If the shutter-release button is pressed halfway while the focus area indicator is not 
displayed, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
Press the shutter-release button all the way down to release the shutter.
Subject tracking
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