Nikon D7000 manual 157

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Your choices are as follows:

■Face-priority AF. The camera automatically detects faces, and focuses on subjects facing the camera, as when you’re shooting a portrait. You can’t select the focus zone yourself. Instead, a double yellow border will be displayed on the LCD when the camera detects a face. You don’t need to press the shutter release to activate this behavior. (Up to five faces may be detected; the D7000 focuses on the face that is closest to the camera.) When you press down the shutter release halfway, the cam- era attempts to focus the face. As sharp focus is achieved, the border turns green. (See Figure 6.2.) If the camera is unable to focus, the border blinks red. Focus may also be lost if the subject turns away from the camera and is no longer detectable by Face-priority.

■Wide-area AF. This is the mode to use for non-portrait subjects, such as landscapes, as you can select the focus zone to be used manually. It’s good for shooting hand- held, because the subjects may change as you reframe the image with a hand-held camera, and the wide-area zones are forgiving of these changes. The focus zone will be outlined in red. You can move the focus zone around the screen with the multi selector buttons. When sharp focus is achieved, the focus zone box will turn green. (See Figure 6.3.)

Figure 6.2

Face-priority AF attempts to focus on the face that’s closest to the camera.