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FOCUS SETTINGS
Advanced Photography
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You can change the focusing method used for automatic focusing (when the focus mode switch
is set to “S” or “C”).
SELECTING THE AF AREA MODE
z
Single-area AF
i Focuses using the selected focus area.
i Useful for situations where you want to focus accurately on a more or less stationary
subject.
Z
Dynamic AF
i If the subject is outside the specified focus area, another focus area is used for focusing.
i Useful for shots where it is difficult to accurately keep the subject in a given focus
area, such as when you are tracking a moving subject (particularly one that moves in
unpredictable ways).
Closest-subject
Priority AF
i Focuses using the focus area containing the subject closest to the camera.
✽ If spot metering is used in Closest-subject Priority AF mode, metering is always performed for the focus area in the
center of the shot.
✽ When you are using a telephoto lens or the subject is dark, the closest focus area may not be selected.
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Press the “w” button to display this screen.
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Use the focus mode selector switch to select the
focus mode.
■ Focus modes
AF-S
(S: Single AF servo)
AF-C
(C: Continuous AF servo)
MF
(M: Manual focus)
Features Focus priority mode. The
shutter will only release if the
“●” focus indicator is displayed.
(Excludes predictive motion
focusing)
Release priority mode. The
shutter will release even if
the “●” focus indicator is not
displayed.
Allows you to release the
shutter at any time.
AF starts When the shutter button is
pressed down halfway
(default).
When the shutter button is
pressed down halfway
(default).
AF is not used.
Focus lock When the shutter button is
held down halfway and the “●”
focus indicator is displayed,
the focus is locked.
Even when the shutter button
is held down halfway and the
“●” focus indicator is displayed,
the focus is not locked and
focusing continues.
Press the AE-L/AF-L button to
lock the focus.
The focus is not locked.
Predictive motion
focusing
(focus tracking
function for
moving subjects)
Only works for moving subjects
from the time AF operation
starts. While this function is
operating, the camera decides
when the subject is in focus
and releases the shutter.
Also works for subjects that
start moving during shooting.
Does not operate.
CSM 9: AF operation can be modified so that it does not begin when the shutter button is
pressed down halfway, but when the “AE-L/AF-L” button is pressed (➡P.97).
CSM 7/8: The focus mode determines whether Closest-subject Priority AF is ON or OFF. The
default settings are “ON” in “S” (Single-AF servo) mode and “OFF” in “C” (Continuous-
AF servo) mode. You can change these settings using the custom settings (➡P.97).
