Reference Guide (PDF Edition)

Focus
105
Option Description
h
[A
uto-area
AF]
･ The camera automatically detects the subject and
selects the focus area.
･ Use on occasions when you don’t have time to select
the focus point yourself, for portraits, or for snapshots
and other spur-of-the-moment photos.
･ If [Auto-area AF (people)] is selected, the camera
detects and focuses on human faces or eyes (eye-
detection AF/face-detection AF, 0106).
･ If [Auto-area AF (animals)] is selected, the camera
detects and focuses on faces or eyes of dogs and cats
(animal-detection AF, 0108).
･
Subject tracking (0109) can be initiated by pressing
the
J
button. Custom Setting f2 [C
ustom controls
(shooting)] or g2 [Custom controls] can be used to
congure the Fn button to start subject-tracking AF
(0367, 0382). Subject-tracking AF can also be
assigned to the lens Fn or Fn2 button.
5
[A
uto-area
AF (people)]
6
[Auto-area
AF
(animals)]
A
s
: The center focus point
A dot appears in the focus point when it is in the center of the frame.
A Quick focus-point selection
･ F
or quicker focus-point selection, choose [Alternating points] for Custom
Setting a4 [Focus points used] to use only a quarter of the available focus
points. The number of points available for [Pinpoint AF], [Wide-area AF
(L)], [Wide-area AF (L-people)], or [Wide-area AF (L-animals)] does not
change even if [Alternating points] is selected.
･ You can choose [Select center focus point] for Custom Setting f2
[Custom controls (shooting)] > [OK button] to allow the
J
button to be
used to quickly select the center focus point.