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Focus Options, AF Area Mode

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Using the shooting menu: 74 Menu Guide-The Shooting Menu Focus Options The focus options menu contains three options controlling focus settings. FOCUS OPTIONS AF area mode Auto-focus mode Focus confirmation AF Area Mode In (auto) mode, the camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. In shooting modes and (and in some scene modes; 24-27), five focus areas are available, making it possible to focus on off-center subjects without using focus lock. AF AREA MODE Auto Manual Off Option Description Auto Camera automatically selects focus area containing subject closest to camera. Selected focus area is displayed in red when shutter-release button is pressed halfway. Choose this setting to minimize risk of pictures being out of focus when subject is moving erratically or in other situations in which there is little time to check focus. Five focus areas are shown in shooting display; press multi selector up, right, left, or down to select focus area containing subject. Can be used instead of fo- Manual cus lock ( 20) to focus on relatively motionless sub- 8M jects that are not centered in frame; when used with focus lock, can be used to focus on subjects that 1/125 F5.6 15 would not fall in focus area in final composition. Camera focuses on subject in center focus area. No focus area indicators Off appear in shooting display. Use focus lock ( 20) to focus on off-center subjects. Digital Zoom Focus area selection is not available with digital zoom ( used while digital zoom is in effect. 16). The center focus area is Spot AF Area Metering Focus area selection (both Auto and Manual) can be used in combination with spot AF-area metering to meter exposure only in the active focus area ( 79). 93

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Menu Guide — The Shooting Menu
Using the shooting menu:
74
Focus Options
The focus options menu contains three options control-
ling focus settings.
AF Area Mode
In
(auto) mode, the camera focuses on the subject in
the center of the frame.
In shooting modes
and
(and in some scene modes;
24–27), five focus areas
are available, making it possible to focus on off-center
subjects without using focus lock.
AF AREA MODE
Auto
Manual
Off
FOCUS OPTIONS
AF area mode
Auto-focus mode
Focus confirmation
Digital Zoom
Focus area selection is not available with digital zoom (
16).
The center focus area is
used while digital zoom is in effect.
Spot AF Area Metering
Focus area selection (both
Auto
and
Manual
) can be used in combination with spot
AF-area metering to meter exposure only in the active focus area (
79).
Option
Auto
Camera automatically selects focus area containing subject closest to
camera.
Selected focus area is displayed in red when shutter-release but-
ton is pressed halfway.
Choose this setting to minimize risk of pictures
being out of focus when subject is moving erratically or in other situations
in which there is little time to check focus.
Manual
Five focus areas are shown in shooting display; press
multi selector up, right, left, or down to select focus
area containing subject.
Can be used instead of
fo-
cus lock (
20) to focus on relatively motionless sub-
jects that are not centered in frame; when used with
focus lock, can be used to focus on subjects that
would not fall in focus area in final composition.
Off
Camera focuses on subject in center focus area.
No focus area indicators
appear in shooting display.
Use focus lock (
20) to focus on off-center
subjects.
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