AF Area Mode

Rotate the mode dial to AMdbutton MAmenu icon 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” (A53) for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25m 0s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

880

 

aFace priority

When framing a

Focus

 

area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

composition with no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

human subjects or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

detected faces, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selects one or more of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 focus areas containing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the subject closest to the

 

 

1/250

F3.4

 

 

camera when the shutter-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus areas

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selector to configure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

xManual

the flash mode or other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

settings, press the k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

button. To return to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

moving the focus area,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

press the kbutton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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