AF Area Mode

Press MENU button in (auto shooting) mode to select AF area mode ( 74), and then press .

AF area mode determines how the focus area is selected.

Select from the following three options and press

.

Option

 

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camera automatically selects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focus area containing subject

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

closest to camera. Selected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto

focus area is displayed in green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(focused) or red (not focused)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(default setting)

when shutter-release button is

Focus area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed halfway. This setting is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

useful when your subject is moving or you have little

 

 

 

 

 

time to check focus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User selects an area from 99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focus areas manually using ,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, or

of the multi selector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manual

This option can be used instead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of AF/AE lock (

 

23) to focus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on a relatively motionless sub-

 

 

Focus area

 

 

 

 

 

ject that is not at the center of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selectable area

 

 

 

 

 

the frame. For more information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

see “Using

Manual Option” (

 

93).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center focus area is used. This

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

option can be used in combina-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

tion with AF/AE lock (

 

23) to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focus on off-center subjects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus

 

area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nikon 13311, COOLPIX 5200 manual AF Area Mode, Manual
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