AF/MF CONTROL BUTTON
The AF/MF control button is located on the back allowing an instant selection of focus mode with the right thumb without changing the holding position.
• AF/MF control button cannot be used with xi series and AF Power zoom lenses.
AF to MF
In AF mode (focus-mode switch set to C, A, or S), the AF mode is switched to MF mode while pressing the AF/MF control button.
• Turn the focusing ring while pressing the AF/MF control button.
• will appear in the viewfinder while the AF/MF control button is pressed. However, the AF-mode indicator in the navigation display
(AF-A, AF-C, AF-S) doesn’t change.
• If you don’t change the focus, the focus will remain locked while pressing the AF/MF control button.
• If Custom 9-2 is selected, autofocus and manual focus are automatically switched over by every push of the AF/MF control button, instead of while pressing the AF/MF control button (p. 167).
MF to AF
In MF mode (focus-mode switch set to MF), when the AF/MF control button is pressed, the MF mode is switched to AF-S, autofocus is activated, and then focus is locked.
• When you release the AF/MF control button, the camera returns to MF mode, and now re-focusing is possible using the focusing ring.
• When the AF/MF control button is pressed, the camera will also meter the subject.
• While pressing the AF/MF control button, disappears in the viewfinder, but will remain in the navigation display.
• If Custom 9-2 is selected, autofocus and manual focus are automatically switched over by every push of the AF/MF control button, instead of while pressing the AF/MF control button (p. 167).
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Smooth Focusing
The advance total focus control system has many advantages over the conventional system. However, when used with certain lenses, such as a teleconverter, the lens may have a heavier feel than conventional models, when focusing manually. If desired, users can temporarily select a conventional manual focus operation.
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1. Set the focus-mode switch to MF.
2. Simultaneously press the spot-AF button and lens release.
3. Release your finger from the lens release first, then from the spot-AF button.
appears instead of the normal .
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• The AF/MF control button is inactive when the reversed appears on the navigation display.
Some benefits, such as improved exposure metering and flashmetering accuracy in manual focus, will now be the same as with a conventional camera.
• 14-segment honeycomb-pattern (p. 74) is changed to metering similar to center-weighted averagewhen this option is selected.
• To return to the usual camera operation, set the focus-mode switch to
C, A, or S, or set the exposure-mode dial to full-auto.
• AF Power zoom and xi Series lenses cannot be used.
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FOCUS AREA
Wide focus area
The camera’s standard focus mode, wide focus area, covers the entire center area making it easier for the camera to focus on moving subjects.
Nine sensors are located in the wide focus area, which are shown by the local focus area in the viewfinder.
When you press the shutter-release button partway down, the camera automatically decides which sensor to be used, and the corresponding local focus area LED lights in the viewfinder.
The local focus area mode also utilizes 9 point sensors, resulting in greater flexibility when photographing still objects. When you select any of these local focus areas, the corresponding sensor is shown in the viewfinder.
Local focus area
• When continuous autofocus (C) or automatic AF (A) with continuous focus is selected, the local-focus area LED will not be illuminated in the viewfinder.
• The display time of the local focus area can be selected by using
Custom 14 (p. 170).
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