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Custom Settings: Fine-Tuning Camera Settings
Choose whether the shutter-release button can be used to focus.
Highlighting [AF-ON only] and pressing
2
displays [Out-of-focus
release] options.
D
Caution: “Pinpoint AF”
If [Pinpoint AF] is selected for AF-area mode with Custom Setting a6 [AF
activation] set to [AF-ON only] and [Disable] chosen for [Out-of-focus
release], the shutter can be released whether or not the subject is in focus.
a6: AF Activation
G
button
U
A
Custom Settings menu
Option Description
[Shutter/
AF-ON]
The camera focuses when the shutter-release button is pressed
halfway.
[AF-ON
only]
The camera does not focus when the shutter-release button is
pressed halfway.
Option Description
[Enable]
Photos can be taken whenever the shutter-release button is
pressed (release priority).
[Disable]
Photos can be taken only when the camera is in focus (focus
priority).
Focus using the AF-ON button or other controls to which AF-
ON has been assigned.