❚❚Choosing an AF-Area Mode

The following AF-area modes can be selected in live view:

Mode

Description

Face-priority AF: Use for portraits. The camera automatically detects and focuses on portrait subjects; the selected subject is indicated by a double yellow border (if multiple faces, up to a maximum of

!35, are detected, the camera will focus on the closest subject; to choose a different subject, use the multi selector). If the camera can no longer detect the subject (because, for example, the subject has turned to face away from the camera), the border will no longer be displayed.

Wide-area AF: Use for hand-held shots of landscapes and other non-

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portrait subjects. Use the multi selector to move the focus point

 

anywhere in the frame, or press the center of the multi selector to

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position the focus point in the center of the frame.

 

 

 

 

Normal-area AF: Use for pin-point focus on a selected spot in the

 

6frame. Use the multi selector to move the focus point anywhere in the frame, or press the center of the multi selector to position the focus point in the center of the frame. A tripod is recommended.

Subject-tracking AF: Position the focus point over your subject and

&press the center of the multi selector. The focus point will track the selected subject as it moves through the frame. To end tracking, press the center of the multi selector again.

DSubject Tracking

The camera may be unable to track subjects if they move quickly, leave the frame or are obscured by other objects, change visibly in size, color, or brightness, or are too small, too large, too bright, too dark, or similar in color or brightness to the background.

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