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AF Area Mode

Enter shooting mode MA(shooting mode) button MA(auto) mode Mkbutton Mdbutton MAF area mode Mkbutton

Set how the camera selects the focus area for autofocus.

Option

Description

 

When the camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

detects a human face, it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focuses on that face. See

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Using Face Detection”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A50) for more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 m 0s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 7 0 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus area

aFace priority

When framing a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

composition with no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

human subjects or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

detected faces, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selects one or more of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the nine focus areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

containing the subject

 

 

1/250

F3

 

 

closest to the camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus areas

 

when the shutter-release

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

button is pressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

halfway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use the multi selector

 

 

Scope of movable

 

HIJKto move the

 

 

 

 

 

focus area

 

focus area to where you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

want to focus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To use the multi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

xManual

selector to configure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the flash mode or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

other settings, press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the kbutton. To

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

return to moving the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focus area, press the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

kbutton again.

 

 

Focus

area

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