Owner's Manual

AF-Area Mode
Choose how the focus point for autofocus is selected.
1 Place the cursor in the information display.
If shooting information is not displayed in the monitor, press the 1m! button.
Press the ~O· button to place the cursor in the information display.
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2 Display AF-area mode options.
Highlight the current AF-area mode in the
information display and
press ®.
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3 Choose an AF-area mode.
Highlight one ofthe following options and press
®. [3D] 3D-tracking (11 points) is not available
when
AF-S is selected for focus mode.
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with erratically moving subjects. In AF-S focus mode, camera focuses
only on subject in focus point selected by user.
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selector. If subject moves after camera has focused, camera uses 30-
tracking to select new focus point and keep focus locked on original
[3Dl 3D-tracking subject while shutter-release button is pressed halfway. If subject
(11 points) leaves viewfinder, remove your finger from shutter-release button
and recompose photograph with subject in selected focus point.
Note that 3D-tracking may not produce the desired results with
subjects that are the same color as the background.
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