Nikon D70 manual AF-Area Mode, Option Display Description, Lighted in viewfinder, Focus Area

3—AF-Area Mode (140)

Custom Setting 3 (AF-area mode) determines how the focus area is selected and what happens if the subject moves out of the selected focus area while the camera is still focusing. The current setting is indicated by the focus-area displays in the control panel and viewfinder.

Option	Display	Description
	User selects focus area manually; camera focuses on subject
	in selected focus area only. Selected focus area is high-
	lighted in viewfinder (	8) when focus area is selected and

Single	when camera focuses. Use for relatively static compositions
area
	with subjects that will stay in selected focus area. Selected
	automatically when mode dial rotated to ; default setting
	for P, S, A, and M modes.

User selects focus area manually, but camera uses infor- mation from multiple focus areas to determine focus. Se- lected focus area is highlighted in viewfinder (8) when focus area is selected and when camera focuses. If subject

Dynamic leaves selected focus area even briefly, camera will still be

areaable to focus based on information from other focus areas (focus-area selection does not change). Use when following erratically moving subjects and in other situations in which it is difficult to keep subject in selected focus area.

	Camera automatically selects focus area containing subject
	closest to camera. Focus area can not be selected manually,
Closest	and focus area is not displayed in control panel; active fo-
	cus area is highlighted in viewfinder when camera focuses.
subjct
	Prevents out-of-focus shots when photographing erratically
	moving subjects. Selected automatically when mode dial is
	rotated to	, , , , , or .

17—Focus Area (148)

This option can be used to set focus area selection to “wrap around.”

18—AF Area Illm (149)

Depending on the option selected for Custom Setting 18 (AF area illm), the active focus area will be highlighted briefly in red to improve contrast as needed (“Vari-Brite” focus areas), highlighted at all times, or never highlighted.

Taking Photographs—Focus

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