Section Reference

Shooting Menu (A, B, Cor DMode)

Option

Description

 

 

 

 

 

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 at

 

 

 

 

 

 

the center of the frame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rotate the multi selector or press

 

 

 

 

 

 

H, I, Jor Kto move the focus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus area

 

 

 

area to where the subject is, and

 

 

Selectable areas

 

take a picture.

 

 

 

 

 

x Manual

• To adjust the following settings,

 

 

 

 

 

press the kbutton to temporarily cancel focus area selection,

 

and then adjust each setting.

 

 

 

 

-Flash mode, focus mode, self-timer or exposure compensation

To return to the focus area selection screen, press the k button again.

•At an Image size setting (A71) of H3000×3000, 81 focus areas are available.

•When Metering (E36) is set to Matrix, the camera meters by assigning greatest weight to the focus area.

 

The camera focuses at the center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of the frame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The focus area is always displayed

 

 

 

 

 

 

y Center (normal)

at the center of the frame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two sizes are available for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

u Center (wide)

 

 

 

 

25m 0s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focus area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/250

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840

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus

area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject tracking begins once you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

select a subject to be focused on,

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the focus area will move and

 

 

 

 

 

s Subject tracking

follow the subject. See “Using

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject Tracking” (E46).

 

 

End

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/250

F5.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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