151 shooting settings – Nikon D780 DSLR Camera (Body Only) User Manual
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151
Shooting Settings
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[
Dynamic-
area AF
]
The camera focuses on a point selected by the user.
If the subject briefly leaves the selected point, the
camera will focus based on information from
surrounding focus points.
•
Use for photographs of athletes and other active
subjects that are hard to frame using [
Single-
point AF
].
•
This option is available only when
AF-A
or
AF-C
is
selected for autofocus mode during still
photography.
h
[
Auto-area
AF
]
The camera automatically detects the subject and
selects the focus area.
•
Use on occasions when you don’t have time to
select the focus point yourself, for portraits, or for
snapshots and other spur-of-the-moment
photos.
•
If a portrait subject is detected during live view
photography, an amber border indicating the
focus point will appear around the subject’s face.
If the camera detects the subject’s eyes, the
amber border will instead appear around an eye
(face/eye-detection AF). This frees you to
concentrate on composition and your subject’s
expression when photographing active portrait
subjects (
•
Subject tracking (
158) can be activated by
pressing the
J
button.
Option
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