Owner's Manual

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Choosing How the Camera Focuses (Focus)
AF-Area Mode
Choose how the camera selects the focus point for autofocus.
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Viewfinder Photography
Option Description
[Single-point
AF]
The user selects the focus point (
0
164). The camera
will focus on the subject in the selected focus point
only.
•
Use with stationary subjects.
[Dynamic-area
AF (9 points)]/
[Dynamic-area
AF (25 points)]/
[Dynamic-area
AF (49 points)]/
[Dynamic-area
AF (105 points)]
The user selects the focus point, but if the subject
briefly leaves the selected point, the camera will focus
based on information from surrounding focus points.
Dynamic-area AF is available when AF-C is selected
for autofocus mode.
•
Choose for subjects that move unpredictably. The
greater the number of focus points, the wider the
area used for focus.
•
[Dynamic-area AF (9 points)]/[Dynamic-area AF
(25 points)]: 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).
•
[Dynamic-area AF (49 points)]: Choose when
photographing subjects that are moving
unpredictably (e.g., players at a football game).
•
[Dynamic-area AF (105 points)]: Choose when
photographing subjects that are moving quickly
and cannot be easily framed in the selected focus
point (e.g., birds).