Nikon D6 Setting Guide Sports AF Edition - Page 33

Recommended AF Settings by Event, Continued Aquatics Here are some settings you may find helpful when photographing aquatic events. ■ Swimming Choosing 9-point dynamic-area AF helps prevent the camera focusing on splashes while letting you instantly refocus on the main subject as needed. To quickly switch focus from one swimmer to another, choose lower values for Custom Setting a3 [Focus tracking with lock-on] > [Blocked shot AF response]. 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 [2] [Steady] a7 Single-point AF watch area [Normal] Instant AF-Area Mode Selection For flexible AF-area mode selection when photographing the start of a race, select 9-point dynamic-area AF with the camera and assign [Group-area AF] to the focus function buttons using Custom Setting f3 [Custom con‑ trol] > [S Lens focus function buttons] > [AF-area mode] (page 19). You can then press a focus function button to select group-area AF when your subject is diving from the starting block and release the button to instantly switch to 9-point dynamic-area AF once the swimmer is in the water, all without taking your eye from the viewfinder. Group-area AF (distant subject diving) 9-point dynamic-area AF (subject swimming) 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). 33