Nikon COOLPIX8800 manual Focus Options, AF Area Mode, 1/60, Manual, Digital Zoom

Focus Options

The focus options menu contains three options control- ling focus settings.

AF Area Mode

Focus options

FOCUS OPTIONS

AF area mode Auto-focus mode Focus confirmation

The Shooting Menu

In	(auto) mode, the camera focuses on the subject						AF AREA MODE
in the center of the frame. In P, S, A, and M modes, the
following focus-area selection options are available:								Auto
								Manual
								Off
Option			Description
		Camera automatically selects focus area containing subject closest to cam-
		era. Selected focus area is displayed in red when shutter-release button is
	Auto	pressed halfway. Choose this setting to minimize risk of pictures being out of
		focus when subject is moving erratically or in other situations in which there
		is little time to check focus. Can be used with spot AF-area metering to me-
		ter exposure only in active focus area (		87).
		Nine focus areas are shown in shooting display; press
		multi selector up, right, left, or down to select focus area
Manual		containing subject. Can be used instead of focus lock									8M
		(	22) to focus on relatively motionless subjects that not
		centered in frame, or with spot AF-area metering (				87)
							1/60		F2.8	126
		to meter exposure only in selected focus area.
		Camera focuses on subject in center focus area. No focus area indicators
	Off	appear in shooting display. Use focus lock (			22) to focus on off-center
		subjects.

Digital Zoom

Focus area selection is not available with digital zoom ( 18). The center focus area is used while digital zoom is in effect.

Manual Focus Area Selection in Scene Mode

Manual focus area selection is available in some scene modes ( 26). Select the focus area as described for Manual, above.

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