Focus areas
Focus area Selectable areas

Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A, B, C, DModes)

GAF-Area Mode

Set to A, B, C or DMdMA, B, C, D(shooting menu) (A74) MAF area mode

Choose how the focus area is determined for autofocus.

When digital zoom is in effect, the camera will focus on the subject in the center focus area regardless of the applied AF area mode option.

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aFace priority

The camera automatically detects and focuses on a face (see “Shooting with Face Priority” (A91) for more information). If the camera detects multiple faces, the camera focuses on the face closest to the camera. When subjects other than people are photographed, or a subject with which no face can be detected is framed, AF area mode is set to Auto. The camera automatically selects the focus area containing the subject closest to the camera.

wAuto (default setting)

The camera automatically selects the focus area containing the subject closest to the camera. Press the shutter-release button halfway to activate the focus area.

When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the focus area selected by the camera will be displayed in the monitor (up to nine areas).

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xManual

Choose manually the focus position from 99 areas in

the screen.

This option is suited to situations in which the intended subject is relatively still and not positioned in

the center of the frame. Press the multi selector H, I, Jor Kto select one of 99 focus areas displayed in the

monitor’s focus-area selection screen, and shoot.

To end focus-area selection and adjust the flash mode, focus mode, self-timer and exposure compensation settings, press the kbutton. To return to the focus- area selection screen, press the kbutton again.

• At an Image size setting (A76) of H 2736×2736, 81 focus areas are available.

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