Selecting the Focusing Area (AF Point)

 

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1 Press Gin standby mode.

 

 

 

2 Select [AF Active Area] and press E.

 

 

 

The [AF Active Area] screen appears.

 

 

3 Select the desired focus

 

 

 

AF Active Area

 

 

 

point selection mode and

Auto (11 AF Points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

press E.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancel

OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 Auto (11

Out of the 11 AF points, the camera

 

 

automatically selects the optimum

 

 

AF Points)

focusing area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 Auto (5 AF

Out of the 5 AF points, the camera

 

 

automatically selects the optimum

 

 

Points)

focusing area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E Select

Sets the focusing area to the user

 

 

selected point from 11 points.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sets the focusing area to the user selected

 

 

Expanded

point from 11 points. When the subject

 

 

happens to move out of the selected

 

 

8 Area AF

focusing area after being focused, 8

 

 

 

peripheral points are used as back-up points.

 

 

 

Not available in xmode.

 

 

D Spot

Sets the focusing area to the center of the

11 points.

 

The control panel reappears.

4 Press F.

The camera returns to standby mode.

If you selected Eor 8in Step 3, proceed to Step 5.

5 Select the desired AF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

point.

 

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Available operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABCD

Changes the AF point.

EReturns the AF point to the center.

Press and hold E Switches the function of the arrow keys (ABCD) to that for Change AF Point or the direct key operation.

tMemo

When the AF point can be changed, the Elamp turns off.

To change the AF point from the menu, set in [AF Active Area] of [AF Settings] in the A1 menu.

You can also set the camera so that switching to the Change AF Point mode by pressing and holding Ecan be operated with M. (p.73)

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