Nikon D70-series User Manual
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54Reference—FocusAF-Area ModeAF-area mode de termines how the focus area isselected in autofocus mode. To select the AF-areamode, rotate the AF-area mode selector. The select-ed mode is shown by an icon in the control panel(see below).Mode Icon DescriptionSingle-area AFUser selects focus area using multi selector; camera focuses onsubject in selected focus area only. Use for relatively static com-po si tions with sub jects that will stay in selected focus area.Dynamic-areaAFUser selects focus area manually, but camera uses informationfrom multiple focus areas to determine focus. If sub ject leavesselected focus area even briefly, camera will focus based on in for-mation from other focus areas (focus area selected in view finderdoes not change). Use with continuous-servo AF to follow er-ratically moving subjects and in other situations in which it is dif-fi cult to keep subject in se lected focus area.Groupdynamic- AFUser chooses focus area group (seeright). Camera focuses on centerof selected group; if subject leavesfocus area even briefl y, camera fo-cuses based on information fromother focus areas in same group.Use when subject is moving errati-cally but place of subject in overallcomposition is known. CustomTopLeft Center RightBottomSetting a4 ( 149) can be used to change how focus areas aregrouped or to focus on closest subject in selected group.Dynamic-areaAF with closestsubject priorityCamera automatically selects focus area containing subject clos-est to camera. Prevents out-of-focus shots when photograph-ing erratically moving subjects. Focus area can not be selectedmanually and is not displayed in viewfi nder or control panel.Manual FocusSingle-area AF is automatically selected when manual focus is used.The Control PanelThe selected focus area or group of focus areas is shown in the control panel in single-areaAF, dynamic-area AF, and group dynamic-AF. The illustrations in the “Icon” column showthe display when the center focus area or focus area group is selected. The control paneldisplay does not show the focus area selected by the camera for dynamic-area AF withclosest subject priority. |
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