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START TRACKING PROGRAM SHIFT
SELECT AF AREA

Using the Menus: Shooting Mode

• tAREA: The focus position can be chosen manually by pressing the selector up, down, left, or right and press-

SET CANCEL

ing MENU/OK when the focus

brackets are in the desired position. Choose for precise focus when the camera is mounted on a tripod. Note that exposure is set for the subject in the center of the frame; to meter an off-center subject, use AF/AE lock (P34).

•uCONTINUOUS: The camera continually adjusts focus to reflect changes in the distance to the subject even when the shutter button is not pressed (note that this increases the drain on the battery).

• xTRACKING: Position the P subject in the center focus

area and press the selector left to select tracking. Focus

will track the subject as it moves through the frame.

FMOVIE AF MODE

This option controls how the camera selects the focus area for movies.

Option

Description

rCENTER

The camera focuses on the subject

in the center of the frame.

 

 

The camera continuously adjusts

uCONTINUOUS

focus to reflect changes in the dis-

tance to subjects near the center of

 

 

the frame.

1Note

Note that in u mode, the camera focuses continu- ously, increasing the drain on the battery, and that the sound of the camera focusing may be audible.

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