Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

GAF Area Mode

Use this option to determine where the camera focuses.

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.

wAuto

Camera automatically selects the focus area (one of five) 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.

xManual

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 rotary 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, macro mode, self-timer and exposure compensation settings, press k. To return to the focus-area selection screen, press k.

yCenter (default setting)

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Focus areas

AF area

Selectable focus areas

Setup and Playback, Shooting,

Camera focuses on subject in center of frame.

Center focus area is always used.

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Menus

DMore Information

See “Autofocus” (A27) for more information.

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