Digital Commons at Penn State

This tutorial will walk you through setting the Sony Video Camera to Manual focus and then using the Focus Rings.

1) The Sony Video Camera to already be set to Automatic Focus, this can sometimes be inconvenient if your subject is not in the center of the shot. So to use manual focus we will first need to set the camera to Manual Focus, this can be done by moving the focus switch (found and the left side of the camera) to Manual Focus.

2) Now all you need to do is spin the focus rings found the front of the Camera until your subject becomes crisp and clear in the view finder.

3)Always remember to set the Camera back into Auto focus mode when you are finished.