The Shooting Menu (A(Auto) Mode)

Using Subject Tracking

Display the shooting screen in A(Auto) mode (A47) Mdbutton MAmenu icon (A8) MAF area mode

Choose this mode to shoot moving subjects. Subject tracking begins once you select a subject to be focused on, and the focus area will move and follow the subject.

1 Use the multi selector to select sSubject tracking, and press the kbutton.

Press the dbutton after changing the settings and return to the shooting screen.

AF area mode

Face priority

Auto

Manual

Center Subject tracking

2 Frame the subject at the center of the border, and press the kbutton.

The subject is registered.

When the camera is unable to focus on the subject, the

 

border lights in red. Change the composition and try

 

again.

Start

Once the subject is registered, it is framed by a yellow

focus area display, and subject tracking begins.

Press the kbutton to cancel the registration of the

subject.

If the camera loses sight of the subject, the focus area display disappears; register the subject again.

End

3 Press the shutter-release button all the way to

 

 

 

 

 

 

take the picture.

 

 

 

If the camera focuses on the focus area when the

 

 

 

 

 

 

shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the focus

 

 

 

area display lights in green and the focus is locked.

 

 

 

If the shutter-release button is pressed halfway while

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the focus area is not displayed, the camera focuses on

 

 

 

the subject at the center of the frame.

 

 

 

Section Reference

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