FOCUS AREA

Focus Area Selection controls

With the focus-area custom function (Custom 9, p.109), how the focus area are selected can be changed.

Custom 9 - (1) Select spot focus area

While pressing the spot AF button, the spot focus area is activated. Local focus areas are selected with the control dial while pressing the spot AF button. When the spot AF button is released, the wide focus area is active.

Custom 9 - (2) Select focus area.

Wide focus area, spot focus area and local focus areas set with the control dial while pressing the spot AF button. The focus area remains selected even after releasing the spot AF button.

• The sequence when turning the dial clockwise:

Wide focus area

Left local

Center spot

Right local

 

focus area

focus area

focus area

Custom 9 - (3)

Switch between the wide focus frame and the spot focus area.

Every time the spot AF button is pressed, the camera switches between the spot focus area and wide focus frame . The following displays appears on the data panel and in the viewfinder.

Wide focus area

Spot focus area

•When the RF 500mm lens or the AF Power Zoom 35-80mm lens is attached, only the center local focus area can be selected.

FOCUS MODES

Your camera has four focus modes:

Automatic AF

Continuous AF Single-shot AF Manual Focus

•All the autofocus modes work with the exposure modes: P A S M.

•The subject programs use automatic AF, except for sports mode, which uses continuous AF.

Automatic AF

Designed to work well in most situations, automatic AF is suited to events that have both moving a static subjects. When the subject is mov- ing, continuous AF is used; when static, single-shot AF is employed.

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Turn the function dial to

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DETAILED

OPERATION

 

 

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While pressing the function

 

 

 

 

button, turn the control dial

 

 

 

 

until

appears on the data

 

 

 

 

panel.

 

 

 

 

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