Taking Photographs

Focus Point Selection and Aperture

The focus points available vary with the maximum aperture of the lens.

Maximum aperture f/5.6 or faster: Focus point selection is supported with all 51 points: 15 cross sensors () at the center of the display and 18 line sensors

() on either side.

Maximum aperture slower than f/5.6 but faster than f/8 (e.g., a lens with a maxi- mum aperture of f/4 on a TC-17E II

teleconverter): Focus point selection is supported with 15 points: 9 cross sen- sors at the center of the display and 3 line sensors on either side.

Maximum aperture f/8 (e.g., a lens with a maximum aperture of f/4 on a TC-20E III teleconverter): Focus point selection is

supported with 11 points: a cross sen-

sor at the center of the display, 4 line

sensors on either side, and 1 line sen- sor above and below. The four points shown by symbols are available only for dynamic-area AF.

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Nikon Camera manual Focus Point Selection and Aperture, On either side, Sor at the center of the display, 4 line