AF-Area Mode

Choose how the focus area for autofocus is selected.

e Auto- The camera automatically detects the subject and selects

area the focus area.

 

 

 

 

 

Press J to view the focus area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selection display, then use the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

multi selector to position the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c

Single-

focus area over your subject

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

point

and

press J;

the camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focuses on the subject in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus

 

area

 

 

 

 

 

selected focus area only. Use

 

 

 

 

 

 

with stationary subjects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press J to view the focus area

Focus area

 

 

 

 

 

selection display, then use the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

multi selector to position the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focus area over your subject

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and press J. The focus area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject

will

track

the subject as it

 

 

 

 

 

 

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moves through the frame. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

tracking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera will focus on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selected

subject

when

the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shutter-release

button

is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed halfway. To end focus

 

 

 

 

 

i

 

 

 

tracking

when

shooting

is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

complete, press J.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASubject Tracking

The camera may be unable to track subjects if they move quickly, leave the frame or are obscured by other objects, change visibly in size, color, or brightness, or are too small, too large, too bright, too dark, or similar in color or brightness to the background.

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