Auto Focus Area

This setting allows you to select between a wide, multi-zone focus region and a spot focus region.

•Use Multi for general-purpose picture taking and to focus on a subject that is not in the center of the image.

•Use Spot if the camera keeps focusing on the wrong subject in the image.

1.In the Capture Menu (page 61), select Auto Focus Area.

2.In the Auto Focus Area sub-

menu, use the buttons to highlight a setting.

3.Press the button to save the setting and return to the Capture Menu.

The multi focus region is divided into five narrow focus zones, as shown.

•Selecting Multi causes the camera to search all five zones for focus, and focus on the closest object.

•Selecting Spot causes the camera to search a single zone in the center of the region for focus.

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