Nikon F80D instruction manual Focus Area, Optional Speedlight and AF-Assist Illuminator

Focus Area

•This camera’s five focus areas cover a wide frame area, and you can select among them, depending on the subject’s position in the frame or your desired composition. They reliably provide sharp focus without use of focus lock (page 44).

1Rotate the AF Area mode selector to select Single Area AF g or Dynamic AF ©.

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•Focus area cannot be selected in Dynamic AF Mode with Closest Subject Priority (J, page 40).

2 Rotate the focus area selector lock lever to release the lock, then select desired focus area with the focus area selector.

•Lightly press the shutter release button and press the focus area selector up/down/right/left to change the focus area toward the corresponding direction. Selected focus area is indicated (momentarily in red when the subject is dark, page 4) in the viewfinder. Selected focus area is also indicated in the LCD panel.

•Selected focus area can be locked by rotating the focus area selector lock lever to lock position.

c 5: Focus area indication in red when the subject is dark can be cancelled or can be set to appear in any situation (page 72).

c 6: Focus area can be switched to the opposite position without pressing the opposite position on the focus area selector (page 72).

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AF-Assist Illuminator

•When the subject is dark and the shutter release button is pressed lightly, the camera’s AF-Assist Illuminator automatically turns on and enables autofocus operation in a dark environment.

Approx. 0.5-3m

•AF-Assist Illuminator automatically turns on in the following situations: Focus mode is Single Servo AF, AF Nikkor lens is used, subject is dark and centre focus area is selected or Dynamic AF Mode with Closest Subject Priority is activated.

•Focal length of the usable AF Nikkor lens is 24-200mm and the distance range of the AF-Assist Illuminator is approx. 0.5-3m.

c 18: AF-Assist Illuminator can be cancelled (page 75). Focus

NOTE: Continuous use of the AF-Assist Illuminator

When the AF-Assist Illuminator is used continuously, illumination is limited temporarily to protect the firing tube. The illumination restarts after a few moments. Also, when the AF-Assist Illuminator is used repeatedly in a short period of time, be careful not to touch the AF-Assist Illuminator lamp because it may have become hot.

Optional Speedlight and AF-Assist Illuminator

When an optional Speedlight is attached and the condition for the AF-Assist Illumination is met, the AF-Assist Illuminator of the optional Speedlight SB-80DX, 50DX, 28/28DX, SB-27, SB-26, SB-25 and SB-24 automatically turns on. With other optional Speedlights, camera’s Illuminator turns on.

•Autofocus using the camera’s AF-Assist Illuminator cannot be performed due to vignetting with following lenses at shooting distance within 1m:

AF Micro 200mm f/4 IF-ED, AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8 IF-ED, AF 18-35mm f/3.5-

4.5ED, AF 20-35mm f/2.8 IF, AF 24-85mm f/2.8-4, AF 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 IF, AF-S 28-70mm f/2.8 IF-ED, AF Micro 70-180mm f/4.5-5.6 ED

•Autofocus using the camera’s AF-Assist Illuminator cannot be performed due to vignetting with AF-S 80-200mm f/2.8 IF-ED, AF 80-200mm f/2.8 ED and AF VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 ED.

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