SELECT AF AREA
SET CANCEL

Using the Menus: Shooting Mode

FAF MODE

This option controls how the camera selects the focus area when Intelligent Face Detection is off (pg. 31). Regardless of the option selected, the camera will focus on the subject in the center of the monitor when macro mode is on (pg. 35).

•rCENTER: The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. This option can be used with focus lock (pg. 33).

•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. 33).

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Press

 

halfway

 

PROGRAM SHIFT

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Focus frame

• t AREA: The focus position

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

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 (pg. 33).

•uCONTINUOUS: The camera continually adjusts focus to refl ect 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 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.

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