Reference Guide (PDF Edition)

Focus
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･ D
uring playback, you can zoom in on the face or eye used for focus
by pressing
J
.
D Animal-detection AF
･ A
nimal face- and eye-detection may not perform as expected if:
- the subject’s face occupies a very large or very small proportion of the
frame,
- the subject’s face is lit too brightly or too poorly,
- the subject’s face or eyes are obscured by fur or other objects,
- the subject’s eyes are similar in color to the rest of their face, or
- the subject moves excessively during shooting.
･ Depending on shooting conditions, the camera may fail to detect the
faces or eyes of some breeds when [Wide-area AF (L-animals)] or [Auto-
area AF (animals)] is enabled. Alternatively, the camera may display a
border around subjects that are not the faces or eyes of dogs or cats.
･ The light from the AF-assist illuminator may adversely aect the eyes of
some animals; select [O] for Custom Setting a11 [Built-in AF-assist
illuminator].
Subject-tracking AF
❚❚
When [A
uto-area AF], [Auto-area AF (people)], or [Auto-area AF
(animals)] is selected for AF-area mode, the camera can track the
subject in the selected focus point.
･ Press
J
to enable focus tracking; the focus point will change to a
targeting reticle.
･ P
osition the reticle over the target and press
J
again to start
tracking; the focus point will track the selected subject as it moves