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a13: Focus Point Persistence

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Sports AF: Custom Settings, Continued a13: Focus Point Persistence If you have assigned [AF-area mode] or [AF-area mode + AF‑­ON] to a control using Custom Setting f3 [Custom controls], you can hold the control to switch temporarily from the current AF-area mode to a second, pre-selected mode. Selecting [Auto] for Custom Setting a13 [Focus point persistence] lets you do so without changing focus points. ■ Using Focus-Point Persistence: An Example In this example, we will assign [AF-area mode] to the Fn1 button and hold it to switch temporarily from the current AF-area mode (auto-area AF in this case) to a second, pre-selected mode (here 9-point dynamic-area AF). 1 Enable focus-point persistence. Select [Auto] for Custom Setting a13 [Focus point persistence]. 2 Select the default AF‑area mode. For this example we will choose [Auto-area AF] and an autofocus mode of AF‑C. 3 Assign [AF‑area mode] or [AF-area mode + AF-ON] to a control. Select Custom Setting f3 [Custom controls] and choose the desired control and role (in this case, the Fn1 button and [AF-area mode]). To choose the AF-area mode activated while the button is pressed, highlight [AF-area mode] and press 2. This example assumes that [Dynamic-area AF (9 points)] is selected. 15

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Sports AF: Custom Settings, Continued
a13: Focus Point Persistence
a13: Focus Point Persistence
If you have assigned [
AF‑area mode
] or [
AF‑area mode + AF‑ON
] to a
control using Custom Setting f3 [
Custom controls
], you can hold the
control to switch temporarily from the current AF-area mode to a sec-
ond, pre-selected mode. Selecting [
Auto
] for Custom Setting a13 [
Focus
point persistence
] lets you do so without changing focus points.
■
Using Focus-Point Persistence: An Example
In this example, we will assign [
AF‑area mode
] to the
Fn1
button and hold it to switch temporarily
from the current AF-area mode (auto-area AF in this case) to a second, pre-selected mode (here
9-point dynamic-area AF).
1
Enable focus‑point persistence.
Select [
Auto
] for Custom Setting a13 [
Focus point persistence
].
2
Select the default AF‑area mode.
For this example we will choose [
Auto‑area AF
] and an autofocus
mode of
AF‑C
.
3
Assign [
AF-area mode
] or [
AF-area mode + AF-ON
] to a control.
Select Custom Setting f3 [
Custom controls
] and choose the desired
control and role (in this case, the
Fn1
button and [
AF‑area mode
]).
To choose the AF-area mode activated while the button is pressed,
highlight [
AF‑area mode
] and press
2
. This example assumes that
[
Dynamic‑area AF (9 points)
] is selected.