Shooting Range and Focusing

Still Images

Recomposing Shots While the Focus is Locked

As long as you keep the shutter button pressed halfway, the focus and exposure are locked. You can recompose shots as needed before shooting. This feature is called Focus Lock.

Focus.

Aim the camera so that the subject is centered, and then press the shutter button halfway.

Confirm that the AF frame displayed around the subject is green.

Recompose the shot.

Keeping the shutter button pressed halfway,

move the camera to recompose the shot.

Shoot.

Press the shutter button all the way down.

Still Images

Shooting with Servo AF

This mode helps avoid missing shots of subjects in motion, because the camera continues to focus on the subject and adjust the exposure as long as you press the shutter button halfway.

Configure the setting.

Press the nbutton, choose [Servo AF] on the 4tab, and then choose [On] (p. 42).

Focus.

The focus and exposure are maintained where the blue AF frame is displayed while you are pressing the shutter button halfway.

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