Nikon D6 Setting Guide Sports AF Edition - Page 12

Sports AF: Custom Settings, Continued a5: Store Points by Orientation This option lets you concentrate on shooting without having to worry about focus-point selection. Choose whether the camera uses the same focus point and AF-area mode in all orientations, or stores separate focus points and/or AF-area modes for use in "wide" (landscape) orientation, "tall" (portrait) orientation with the camera rotated 90° clockwise, or "tall" orientation with the camera rotated 90° counterclockwise. The options are [Focus point], [Focus point and AF-area mode], and [Off]. ● [Focus point]: Rotating the camera restores the Camera rotated 90° Landscape (wide) Camera rotated 90° focus point last selected in the chosen orien- counterclockwise orientation clockwise tation. If you select [Off] after choosing this option, the camera will select the center focus point for all orientations. ● [Focus point and AF-area mode]: Rotating the camera restores the focus point and AF-area mode last selected in the chosen orientation. In the example shown here, 9-point dynamic-area AF is selected when the camera is in landscape orientation, 3D-tracking when it is rotated 90° counterclockwise, and group-area AF when it is rotated 90° clockwise. If you select a group with a single row of focus points (15 × 1) for group-area AF (C1) when the camera is in landscape orientation and groups with a single column of focus points (1 × 7) for group-area AF (C2) when the camera is in portrait orientation, the camera will consistently focus on subjects in a line across the frame. 12