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Focus options, Af area mode – Nikon 8400 User Manual

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The Shooting Menu

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Focus Options

Option

Description

Auto

Camera automatically selects focus area containing subject closest to cam-
era. Selected focus area is displayed in red when shutter-release button is
pressed halfway. Choose this setting to minimize risk of pictures being out of
focus when subject is moving erratically or in other situations in which there
is little time to check focus. Can be used with spot AF-area metering to me-
ter exposure only in active focus area (

87).

Manual

Nine focus areas are shown in shooting display; press
multi selector up, right, left, or down to select focus area
containing subject. Can be used instead of focus lock
(

22) to focus on relatively motionless subjects that not

centered in frame, or with spot AF-area metering (

87)

to meter exposure only in selected focus area.

Off

Camera focuses on subject in center focus area. No focus area indicators
appear in shooting display. Use focus lock (

22) to focus on off-center

subjects. Pressing multi selector to right when Off is selected displays AF
system
sub-menu (

101).

The focus options menu contains three options control-
ling focus settings.

AF Area Mode

In

(auto) mode, the camera focuses on the subject

in the center of the frame. In P, S, A, and M modes, the
following focus-area selection options are available:

AF AREA MODE

Auto
Manual

Off

FOCUS OPTIONS

Focus confirmation

Auto-focus mode

AF area mode

Digital Zoom

Focus area selection is not available with digital zoom (

18). The center focus area is

used while digital zoom is in effect.

Manual Focus Area Selection in Scene Mode

Manual focus area selection is available in some scene modes (

26). Select the focus

area as described for Manual, above.

Focus options

F2.6

F2.6

F2.6

8M

8M

8M

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