PROGRAM SHIFT
SELECT AF AREA
SET CANCEL

Using the Menus: Shooting Mode

GAF MODE

This option controls how the camera selects the focus area when Intelligent Face Detection is off (pg. 22). Regardless of the option selected, the camera will focus on the subject in the center of the monitor when macro mode is on (pg. 25).

• r CENTER: The camera fo- P cuses on the subject in the center of the frame. This option can be used with

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focus lock.

•s MULTI: When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the camera detects high-contrast sub- jects near the center of the frame and selects the focus area automatically (if the focus frame is not displayed, select rCENTER and use focus lock; pg. 23).

P

Press

 

halfway

 

PROGRAM SHIFT

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F2. 8

Focus frame

• tAREA: The focus position

can be chosen manually by pressing the selector up, down, left, or right and

pressing 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 (pg. 23).

• xTRACKING: Position the P subject in the center focus area and press the shutter

button halfway to

focus.

 

PROGRAM SHIFT

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F2. 8

 

Keep the shutter

button

 

 

 

pressed to track the subject as it moves through the frame. Choose for erratically moving sub- jects.

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