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Focus Mode
Use the focus mode selector to choose how the camera focuses. The following
options are available:
Mode
Mode
Description
Description
AF-S
(single)
Focus locks while the shutter button is pressed halfway. Choose for stationary subjects.
AF-C
(continuous)
The camera continually adjusts focus to refl ect changes in the distance to the subject even when the shut-
ter button is not pressed halfway (note that this increases the drain on the battery).
F
AF MODE
(pg. 80)
is fi xed at
r
CENTER
; if Intelligent Face Detection is on, the camera will continually adjust focus for the
selected face. Choose for moving subjects.
MF
(manual)
Focus manually using the focus ring. Rotate the ring left to reduce the focus distance, right to increase.
The manual focus indicator indicates how closely the focus distance matches the distance to the subject
in the focus brackets. Choose for manual control of focus or in situations in which the camera is unable
to focus using autofocus (pg. 25). Intelligent Face Detection turns off automatically.
Reduce focus
distance
Increase focus
distance
Manual focus
mode icon
Manual focus
indicator
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