2 Choose a focus mode.

Focus-mode selector

x

To choose an autofocus mode, rotate the focus- mode selector to AF, and then press the AF-mode button and rotate the main command dial until the desired mode is displayed in the monitor.

Mode

Description

AF-S

Single-servo AF: For stationary subjects. Focus locks

 

when shutter-release button is pressed halfway.

 

Full time-servo AF: For moving subjects. Camera

AF-F

focuses continuously until shutter-release button

 

is pressed. Focus locks when shutter-release

 

button is pressed halfway.

 

 

AF-mode Main command dial button

Monitor

To use manual focus, rotate the focus-mode selector to M and proceed to Step 6 after focusing as described on page 55.

3 Choose an AF-area mode.

To choose an AF-area mode, press the AF-mode button and rotate the sub-command dial until the desired mode is displayed in the monitor.

Mode

Description

AF-mode

Sub-command dial

 

Face-priority AF: The camera automatically detects

 

button

 

!

and focuses on portrait subjects facing the

 

 

 

 

camera. Use for portraits.

 

 

 

Wide-area AF: Use for hand-held shots of

 

 

$ landscapes and other non-portrait subjects. Use

 

 

 

the multi selector to select the focus point.

 

 

 

Normal-area AF: Use for pin-point focus on a

 

 

% selected spot in the frame. A tripod is

 

Monitor

 

recommended.

 

 

 

 

&Subject-tracking AF: Track a selected subject as it moves through the frame.

ALive View AF and AF-Area Modes

The AF and AF-area modes for live view can also be chosen using Custom Setting a8 (Live view/movie AF; 0 211).

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Nikon 25468, D7000 18200mm Kit, D7000 (18105mm Kit), D7000 18105mm Kit Choose an AF-area mode, Button is pressed halfway

D7000 18200mm Kit, 25468B, D7000 (18105mm Kit), D7000 (18200mm Kit), D7000 specifications

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