Nikon D500 Users Manual - English for customers in the Americas - Page 129

AF-Area Mode Choose how the focus point for autofocus is selected. • Single-point AF: Select the focus point as described on page 108; the camera will focus on the subject in the selected focus point only. Use with stationary subjects. • Dynamic-area AF: Select the focus point as described on page 108. In AF-C focus mode, the camera will focus based on information from surrounding focus points if the subject briefly leaves the selected point. The number of focus points varies with the mode selected: - 25-point dynamic-area AF: Choose when there is time to compose the photograph or when photographing subjects that are moving predictably (e.g., runners or race cars on a track). - 72-point dynamic-area AF: Choose when photographing subjects that are moving unpredictably (e.g., players at a football game). - 153-point dynamic-area AF *: Choose when photographing subjects that are moving quickly and can not be easily framed in the viewfinder (e.g., birds). 103