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VQT2C11

VQT2C11

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Useful when subject is not in centre of picture.

Hold down 

halfway

AF area

  Subjects/environments which may 

make focusing difficult:

 • 

 

Fast-moving or extremely bright 
objects, or objects with no colour 
contrast.

 • 

 

Taking pictures through glass or near 
objects emitting light. In dark, or with 
significant jitter.

 • 

 

When too close to object or when 
taking pictures of both distant and 
close objects together in the same 
picture.

  We recommend using the ‘Face 

detection’ function when taking pictures 
of people (P.71).

Press fully

AF area

 The focus display flashes and beep sounds when focus is not 

aligned.
Use the focus range displayed in red (P.45) as a reference.
Even if the focus display is lit, the camera may be unable to 
bring the subject into focus if it is out of range.

 AF area is displayed larger in dark conditions or when using 

digital zoom.

 Most displays are temporarily cleared from screen when the 

shutter button is pressed halfway.

Focus range

Focus display

 

Restore

Enlarge

Turn to W side

Turn to T side

Focus

range 

Zoom ratio 

(approx.)

Zoom bar

 Zoom speed can be adjusted. 

 Zoom 

slowly 

→ turn slightly

 Zoom 

quickly 

→ turn completely

 Adjust the focus after adjusting the zoom.

Automatically switches to ‘optical zoom’ when using maximum picture size (P.67), and 
to ‘extra optical zoom’ (for further zooming) otherwise. (EZ is short for ‘extra optical 
zoom’.)
•  Optical zoom

•  Extra optical zoom

p

Zoom bar

( 

 displayed)

  Max. enlargement: 12 x

  Max. enlargement: 14.3 x - 21.4 x
  (Varies according to picture size.)

You can zoom in up to 12 times with ‘optical zoom’, and up to 21.4 times with ‘Extra 
optical zoom’ (pictures only) with lower picture quality. You can also use ‘digital zoom’ to 
zoom in even further.

Do not block the lens barrel movement 

while zooming.