User Manual

Taking Photographs

Autofocus Options (AF Mode)

Choose how the camera focuses in modes S and C.

Press MENU/OK and go to the shooting menu.

Select G AF/MF SETTING> AF MODE.

Choose an AF mode.

If ON is chosen for D BUTTON/DIAL SETTING > TOUCH SCREEN

SETTING > x TOUCH SCREEN SETTING, AF-mode selection can also

be performed using the T-Fn2 ( ick left) touch-function gesture. AF-

mode selection can also be assigned to a function button (P 248).

How the camera focuses depends on the focus mode.

Focus Mode S (AF-S)

Option

Description

Sample image

SINGLE POINT

Camera focuses on subject in

selected focus point. Use for pin-

point focus on selected subject.

ZONE

Camera focuses on subject in se-

lected focus zone. Focus zones in-

clude multiple focus points, mak-

ing it easier to focus on subjects in

motion.

WIDE

Camera focuses automatically on

high-contrast subjects; display

shows areas in focus.

ALL

Rotate the rear command dial in the focus-point selection dis-

play (P 72, 73) to cycle through AF modes in the following

order: r SINGLE POINT, y ZONE, and z WIDE.