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Option Description
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[Wide-area AF (C1)] Choose the dimensions (measured in focus points) o
f the focus
areas used for the selected AF-area.
This can be used, for example, if the size and shape of the area
employed for focus can be determined in advance with a fair
degree of accuracy.
On selecting [Wide-area AF (C1)] or [Wide-area AF (C2)], you
will be prompted to choose the AF-area size. Use 1 and 3 to
choose the height and 4 and 2 to choose the width.
The photo shooting menu offers a choice of 20 options ranging
from [1×1] to [19×11] and the video recording menu a choice
of 12 options ranging from [1×1] to [13×7].
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[Wide-area AF (C2)]
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[3D-tracking]
The camera tracks focus on a select
ed subject.
P
osition the focus point over y
our subject and start tracking
by pressing AF-ON or by pressing the shutter-release button
halfway; focus will then track the selected subject as it moves
through the frame. Release the button to end tracking and
restore the previously-selected focus point.
If the subject leaves the frame, remove your finger from the
shutter-release button and recompose the photograph with the
subject in the selected focus point.
This option is only available when photo mode is selected and
[Continuous AF] is chosen for focus mode.
n
[Subject-tracking AF]
Track focus on a selected subject.
Position the reticle over the target and start tracking by
pressing the shutter-release button halfway or by pressing J
or AF-ON; the focus point will track the selected subject as it
moves through the frame. To end tracking and select the center
focus point, press J.
This option is only available in video mode.
h
[Auto-area AF]
The camera automatically det
ects the subject and selects the
focus point.
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.
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Focus