AF Area
Mode
• Autofocus operation lets you select Single Area
AF
that uses one focus
area selected
or
Dynamic
AF
that also utilizes the other four focus areas.
Rotate AF Area mode selector to select AF Area mode.
N80 N80QD
C:'l
1,5 ,56 P [ I'
• c:l appears when the Single Area
AF
is
selected and
FJ
or
R (
wh
en
Dynamic
AF
Mode with Closest Subject Priority
is
activated) appears when
Dynamic
AF
is
selected
in
the LCD panel.
[
]:
Single Area AF c:l
With Single Area
AF
, only the focus brackets selected among five focus
areas is used for autofocus. This mode
is
useful for achieving accurate J
focus
on
a selected focus brackets when shooting a stationary subject.
[+]: Dynamic AF
Rln
(in
Dynamic
AF
Mode with Closest Subject Priority)
In
Dynamic
AF
, you designate the primary
sen
sor (the first
to
detect the
subject), then if the detected subject moves, Dynamic
AF
automatically
shifts to the next sensor that detects the subject, then the
ne
xt again,
shifting among the progression of sensors
as
the subject moves. Dynamic
AF
thereby follows and maintains accurate focus even
on
subjects that
move irregularly.
(LCD
panel and viewfinder indications do not change
as
sensoring shifts
in
Dynamic
AF
mode.) Dynamic
AF
Mode with Closest
Subject Priority can also be activated
in
Dynamic
AF
mode. See
ne
xt
page.
If the focus mode
is
set to Single Servo
AF
in
Dynamic
AF,
the camera
is
automatically set to Dynamic
AF
Mode with Closest Subject Priority
in
initial
setting.
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