FOCUS AREA

Choose the wide or local focus area as desired. By simply pressing the spot-AF button, the center spot-focus area is selected.

Wide Focus Area

The camera automatically decides which sensor to be used.

1.Set the wide/local focus-area switch to wide.

• Wide focus area appears in the display.

2. Press the focus-area selec- tor to focus using the wide focus area. Press the spot- AF button to use the center spot-focus area.

Viewfinder shows which sensor is being used for focusing.

 

 

 

 

 

• While pressing the spot-AF button or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the focus-area selector, the focus is

 

 

 

 

 

 

locked.

FOCUSING

 

 

 

 

 

3. While pressing either the focus-area selector or the spot-

 

AF button, press the shutter-release button and take the picture.

When the exposure-mode dial is set to , wide focus area is set.

After taking the picture, as long as the spot-AF button or the focus- area selector remains pressed, focus remains locked, and additional pictures may be taken.

If 14-segment honeycomb-pattern is selected, the exposure is locked when the focus is locked.

When is selected, autofocus is not activated by pressing the focus-area selector or the spot-AF button.

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Minolta Maxxum, Minolta, Dynax 7 manual Wide Focus Area, Set the wide/local focus-area switch to wide