Nikon D6 Setting Guide Sports AF Edition - Page 29

Athletics, Sprints (Hand-Held, Single Runner, from the Front), Focus point and AF‑area

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Recommended AF Settings by Event, Continued Athletics You may find these settings useful when photographing road-running or track-and-field events. ■ Sprints (Hand-Held, Single Runner, from the Front) Choose 9-point dynamic-area AF when photographing approaching sprinters to help prevent the camera focusing on their hands, or custom group-area AF (C1 or C2) with a wide custom focus group (for example, 15 × 3) to focus on the closest subject when runners are lined up across the frame. Dynamic-area AF is recommended if the background features complex repeating patterns, as otherwise the in-focus indicator (l) may be displayed when the subject is not in focus. Autofoccus mode AF‑C AF-area mode 9-point dynamic-area AF Custom Settings a1 AF‑C priority selection [Release] a3 Focus tracking with lock-on Blocked shot AF Subject motion response [3] [Steady] a5 Store points by orientation [Focus point] a7 Single-point AF watch area [Wide] When photographing runners after they have crossed the finish line, select [Focus point and AF-area mode] for Custom Setting a5 [Store points by orientation] to automatically switch focus points and AF-area modes as you rotate the camera between "tall" (portrait) orientations and "wide" (landscape) orientation (page 12). Instant AF-Area Mode Selection For flexible AF-area mode selection when photographing approaching runners, select 9-point dynamic-area AF with the camera and assign [Group-area AF (C1)] to the focus function buttons using Custom Setting f3 [Custom controls] > [S Lens focus function buttons] > [AF-area mode] (page 19). You can then press a focus function button to select the custom group-area AF option when your subject is far away and release the button to instantly switch to 9-point dynamic-area AF as the runners approach, all without taking your eye from the viewfinder. Group-area AF (C1) (distant subject) 9-point dynamic-area AF (runner approaching) AF-area mode can also be assigned to the Pv, Fn1, Fn2, or AF-ON button, to the center of the sub-selector, or to the AF-ON button for vertical shooting (page 18). 29

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Recommended AF Settings by Event, Continued
Athletics
Athletics
You may find these settings useful when photographing road-running or track-and-field events.
■
Sprints (Hand-Held, Single Runner, from the Front)
Choose
9-point dynamic-area AF
when photographing approaching
sprinters to help prevent the camera focusing on their hands, or
cus-
tom group-area AF
(C1 or C2) with a wide custom focus group (for ex-
ample, 15 × 3) to focus on the closest subject when runners are lined up
across the frame. Dynamic-area AF is recommended if the background
features complex repeating patterns, as otherwise the in-focus indicator
(
±
) may be displayed when the subject is not in focus.
Autofoccus mode
Autofoccus mode
AF‑C
AF-area mode
AF-area mode
9‑point dynamic‑area AF
Custom Settings
Custom Settings
a1 AF‑C priority selection
[
Release
]
a3 Focus tracking with lock‑on
Blocked shot AF response
[
3
]
Subject motion
[
Steady
]
a5 Store points by orientation
[
Focus point
]
a7 Single‑point AF watch area
[
Wide
]
When photographing runners after they have crossed the finish line, select [
Focus point and AF‑area
mode
] for Custom Setting a5 [
Store points by orientation
] to automatically switch focus points and
AF-area modes as you rotate the camera between “tall” (portrait) orientations and “wide” (landscape)
orientation (
page 12
).
Instant AF-Area Mode Selection
For flexible AF-area mode selection when photographing approach-
ing runners, select 9-point dynamic-area AF with the camera and assign
[
Group‑area AF (C1)
] to the focus function buttons using Custom Set-
ting f3 [
Custom controls
] > [
S
Lens focus function buttons
] > [
AF‑area
mode
] (
page 19
). You can then press a focus function button to select
the custom group-area AF option when your subject is far away and re-
lease the button to instantly switch to 9-point dynamic-area AF as the run-
ners approach, all without taking your eye from the viewfinder.
Group-area AF (C1)
(distant subject)
9-point dynamic-area AF
(runner approaching)
AF-area mode can also be assigned to the
Pv
,
Fn1
,
Fn2
, or
AF‑ON
button, to the center of the sub-selec-
tor,
or to the
AF‑ON
button for vertical shooting (
page 18
).