Nikon D7000 manual A5 Focus Point Wrap-Around, A6 Number of Focus Points

284 David Busch’s Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

a5 Focus Point Wrap-Around

This setting is purely a personal preference parameter. When you press the multi selec- tor left/right and up/down buttons to choose a focus point, the D7000 can be told to stop when the selection reaches the edge of the 39-point array—or, it can continue, wrapping around to the opposite edge, like Pac-Man leaving the playing area on one side or top/bottom to re-emerge on the other. (I hope I’m not revealing my age, here.)

■Wrap. Pressing the left/right or up/down buttons when you’ve reached the edge of the focus point display wraps the selection to the opposite side, still moving in the same direction.

■No Wrap. The focus point selection stops at the edge of the focus zone array.

a6 Number of Focus Points

You can choose the number of focus points available when you manually select a zone using the multi selector up/down and left/right buttons. (Note that this option is dif- ferent from the 9, 21, or 39 points that may be selected automatically [dynamically] when using Dynamic-area AF, as described in Chapter 5.) Your choices, shown in Figure 9.3, are as follows:

■39 points. This is the default. All 39 focus points can be selected.

■11 points. A more widely spaced array of points is available. This can be the best choice for faster focus point selection when taking pictures of relatively large, evenly illuminated subject matter such that choosing precise focus zones is not particu- larly beneficial. I often use the 11-point option when photographing basketball games.

Figure 9.3 Select from all 39 focus points (left), or 11 more widely spaced points (right).