Focus Mode

Use the focus mode selector to choose how the camera focuses.The following options are available:

Mode

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

AF-S

Focus locks while the shutter button is pressed halfway. Choose for stationary subjects.

(SINGLE AF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AF-C

The camera continually adjusts focus to reflect changes in the distance to the subject even

 

when the shutter button is not pressed halfway (note that this increases the drain on the

(CONTINUOUS AF)

battery). Choose for moving subjects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus manually using the sub-command dial. Rotate the sub-command dial left to reduce

 

 

the focus distance, right to increase. The manual focus indicator indicates how closely the

 

focus distance matches the distance to the subject in the focus brackets (the red bar indicates

 

the focus distance, the white bar the depth of field, or in other words the distance in front of

 

and behind the focus point that appears to be in focus). Choose for manual control of focus

MF

or in situations in which the camera is unable to focus using autofocus (P34). Intelligent

Face Detection turns off automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reduce focusIncrease fo-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(red bar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

distancecus distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manual focus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

2000 F6.4

 

indicatorDepthof field

 

 

Manual focus mode icon

 

(white bar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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