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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.
• 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).
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.
•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.
Smooth Focusing
FOCUSING