North Star S205 user manual Focusing on a Moving Subject Subject Tracking Mode, Select a subject

Focusing on a Moving Subject (Subject Tracking Mode)

Use this mode to take pictures of moving subjects. Select the subject which the camera will focus. The focus area will automatically move to track the subject.

1Press the Abutton in shooting mode to display the shooting

mode menu, press the multi selector Hor I to select s, and press the k button.

The display switches to that for subject tracking mode and a white border is displayed at the center of the frame.

Subject tracking

2Select a subject.

Align the subject with the border at the center of the frame and press the k button.

- The subject is selected. - When the camera is unable to focus on the subject, the

border will glow red. Change the composition and tryStart again.

When the subject is selected, a yellow border (focus area) is displayed around that subject and the camera begins tracking that subject.

To change the subject, press the k button to deselect the current subject.

If the selected subject is not visible in the monitor, the

focus area indicator will disappear and the selection will be canceled. Select the subject again.

3 Press the shutter-release button to take a
picture.
The camera focuses on the focus area when the shutter-
release button is pressed halfway. The focus area
indicator will glow green and focus will be locked.
When the camera is unable to focus, the focus area	1 / 2 5 0 F 3.2

indicator will blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway again to focus.

If the shutter-release button is pressed halfway while the focus area indicator is not displayed, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.

Press the shutter-release button all the way down to release the shutter.

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