❚❚Choosing How the Camera Picks the Area (AF-Area Mode)

In modes other than i, j, and (, the following AF-area modes can be selected in live view (note that subject-tracking AF is not available in %, U, ', and 3modes):

Option

Description

Use for portraits. The camera

6Face-priority AF automatically detects and focuses on portrait subjects.

 

Wide-area AF

Use for hand-held shots of landscapes and

7

other non-portrait subjects. Use the multi

 

 

selector to select the focus point.

 

 

 

8

Normal-area AF

Use for pin-point focus on a selected spot

in the frame. A tripod is recommended.

 

 

 

 

 

9

Subject-tracking AF

Use if you want focus to track a selected

 

 

subject.

1 Display AF-area modes.

Press the Pbutton, then highlight the current AF-area mode in the information display and press J.

Pbutton

Information display

166Live View