Nikon Z 9 Setting Guide Sports AF Edition - Page 19

Balance Beam, Vault, Rings and Horizontal and Uneven Bars

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Recommended AF Settings by Event, Continued ■ Balance Beam To automatically switch focus points and AF-area modes as you rotate the camera from "wide" to "tall" orientation, select [Focus point and AF-area mode] for Custom Setting a5 [Store points by orientation] (page 10). Focus mode AF-area mode Custom Settings a1 AF‑C priority selection a5 Store points by orientation AF‑C 3D-tracking [Release] [Focus point and AF-area mode] ■ Vault If you find the subject hard to frame, selecting auto-area AF will allow you concentrate on composition while leaving the camera in charge of choosing the focus point. Focus mode AF-area mode Custom Settings a1 AF‑C priority selection AF‑C Auto-area AF [Release] ■ Rings and Horizontal and Uneven Bars 3D-tracking is recommended for subjects that change posture and position frequently and often are near apparatus such as bars or rings. Focus mode AF-area mode Custom Settings a1 AF‑C priority selection AF‑C 3D-tracking [Release] 19

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Recommended AF Settings by Event, Continued
Balance Beam
To automatically switch focus points and AF-area modes as you rotate the camera
from “wide” to “tall” orientation, select [
Focus point and AF‑area mode
] for Cus-
tom Setting a5 [
Store points by orientation
] (
page 10
).
Focus mode
Focus mode
AF‑C
AF-area mode
AF-area mode
3D‑tracking
Custom Settings
Custom Settings
a1 AF‑C priority selection
[
Release
]
a5 Store points by orientation
[
Focus point and AF‑area mode
]
Vault
If you find the subject hard to frame, selecting auto-area AF will allow you con-
centrate on composition while leaving the camera in charge of choosing the
focus point.
Focus mode
Focus mode
AF‑C
AF-area mode
AF-area mode
Auto‑area AF
Custom Settings
Custom Settings
a1 AF‑C priority selection
[
Release
]
Rings and Horizontal and Uneven Bars
3D-tracking is recommended for subjects that change posture and position fre-
quently and often are near apparatus such as bars or rings.
Focus mode
Focus mode
AF‑C
AF-area mode
AF-area mode
3D‑tracking
Custom Settings
Custom Settings
a1 AF‑C priority selection
[
Release
]