Smooth Focusing

The advance total focus control system has many advantages over the conventional system. However, when used with certain lenses, such as a teleconverter, the lens may have a heavier feel than con- ventional models, when focusing manually. If desired, users can temporarily select a conventional manual focus operation.

1. Set the focus-mode switch to MF.

2. Simultaneously press the spot-AF button and lens release.

3. Release your finger from the lens release first, then from the spot-AF button.

appears instead of the normal

.

• The AF/MF control button is inactive when the reversed

 

appears on the navigation display.

 

FOCUS AREA

Wide focus area

Local focus area

The camera’s standard focus mode, wide focus area, covers the entire center area making it easier for the camera to focus on moving subjects. Nine sensors are located in the wide focus area, which are shown by the local focus area in the viewfinder. When you press the shutter-release button partway down, the camera automatically decides which sensor to be used, and the corresponding local focus area LED lights in the viewfind- er.

The local focus area mode also uti- lizes 9 point sensors, resulting in greater flexibility when photographing still objects. When you select any of these local focus areas, the corre- sponding sensor is shown in the viewfinder.

FOCUSING

Some benefits, such as improved exposure metering and flash-

metering accuracy in manual focus, will now be the same as with

a conventional camera.

 

14-segment honeycomb-pattern (p. 74) is changed to metering

similar to center-weighted averagewhen this option is selected.

• To return to the usual camera operation, set the focus-mode switch to

C, A, or S, or set the exposure-mode dial to

full-auto.

• AF Power zoom and xi Series lenses cannot be used.

When continuous autofocus (C) or automatic AF (A) with continuous focus is selected, the local-focus area LED will not be illuminated in the viewfinder.

The display time of the local focus area can be selected by using Custom 14 (p. 170).

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Minolta Minolta, Maxxum, Dynax 7 manual Focus Area, Smooth Focusing