Sony DSR-250 User Manual

You can gain better results by manually adjusting the focus in the following cases:
•The autofocus mode is not effective when shooting

– subjects through glass coated with water droplets
– horizontal stripes
– subjects with little contrast with backgrounds such as walls and sky

•When you want to change the focus from a subject in the foreground to a subject in the

background

•Shooting a stationary subject when using a tripod

(1) Slide FOCUS down to MANUAL. The 9 indicator appears on the LCD screen

or in the viewfinder in recording, standby, or memory mode.

(2) Turn the focus ring to sharpen the focus.

Slide FOCUS up to AUTO to turn off the 9 or   indicator.

Slide FOCUS to INFINITY. The   indicator appears on the LCD screen or in the
viewfinder. This function is useful when the nearer subject is focused automatically,
even though you want to focus on a faraway subject.

Press FOCUS PUSH AUTO. The auto focus functions while you are pressing FOCUS
PUSH AUTO.
Use this button to focus on one subject and then another with smooth focusing.
When you release FOCUS PUSH AUTO, manual focusing resumes.