Mode

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Description

 

 

User selects focus area manually; camera focuses on subject in

 

 

selected focus area only. Use for relatively static compositions

Single-

 

with subjects that will stay in selected focus area. Focus areas

area AF

 

outside high-speed crop can not be selected when high-speed

 

 

crop is on (

 

41).

 

 

User selects focus area manually, but camera uses information

 

 

from multiple focus areas to determine focus. If subject leaves

 

 

selected focus area even briefly, camera will focus based on

 

 

information from other focus areas (focus area selected in view-

Dynamic-

 

finder does not change). Use when following erratically moving

 

subjects in continuous-servo AF and in other situations in which

area AF

 

it is difficult to keep subject in selected focus area.

When high-speed crop is on ( 41), focus areas outside high-speed crop can not be selected, and camera will not use these areas to determine focus.

Taking Photographs—Focus

Group

dynamic-

AF

User chooses focus area group (see right). Camera focuses on center of selected group; if subject leaves focus area even briefly, camera focuses based on information from other focus areas in same group. Left Use when subject is moving errati- cally but place of subject in overall composition is known.

When high-speed crop is on ( 41), left and right focus-area groups do not include focus areas outside high-speed crop.

Top

Center Right

Bottom

Left Right

 

 

 

Camera selects focus area containing principal subject closest

 

 

 

to camera. Prevents out-of-focus shots when photographing

 

 

 

Dynamic-

erratically moving subjects. Focus area can not be selected

area AF

manually, and focus areas are not displayed in viewfinder or top

with

control panel. Camera may be unable to select focus area con-

closest

taining closest subject when telephoto lens is used or subject is

subject

poorly lit. Single-area AF is recommended in these cases.

priority

• When high-speed crop is on (

 

41), camera will not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

select focus areas outside high-speed crop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nikon D2Xs manual Icon Description, It is difficult to keep subject in selected focus area, Priority