Nikon Z 6 Setting Guide Sports AF Edition - Page 18

Soccer, Gymnastics, Floor Exercises and Rhythmic Gymnastics

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Recommended AF Settings by Event, Continued Soccer Photographing soccer matches involves quick changes of focus and subjects that may be briefly obscured by foreground objects. The following autofocus settings are recommended: Focus mode AF‑C AF-area mode Dynamic-area AF (S or M) Custom Settings a1 AF‑C priority selection [Release] a3 Focus tracking with lock-on Blocked shot AF Subject motion response [2] [Steady] a5 Store points by orientation [Focus point] Dynamic-area AF (S) is recommended if you want to focus on a single athlete in a group of players. Gymnastics This section lists some suggested settings for gymnastics events. ■ Floor Exercises and Rhythmic Gymnastics Auto-area AF is recommended if composition is a priority. Focus mode AF-area mode Custom Settings a1 AF‑C priority selection AF‑C Auto-area AF [Release] 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 (page 10). Choose [Alternating points] for Custom Setting a4 [Focus points used] to reduce the number of focus points for quicker selection (page 9). 18

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Recommended AF Settings by Event, Continued
Soccer
Soccer
Photographing soccer matches involves quick changes of focus and
subjects that may be briefly obscured by foreground objects. The fol-
lowing autofocus settings are recommended:
Focus mode
Focus mode
AF‑C
AF-area mode
AF-area mode
Dynamic‑area AF (S or M)
Custom Settings
Custom Settings
a1 AF‑C priority selection
[
Release
]
a3 Focus tracking with lock‑on
Blocked shot AF response
[
2
]
Subject motion
[
Steady
]
a5 Store points by orientation
[
Focus point
]
Dynamic-area AF (S) is recommended if you want to focus on a single athlete in a group of players.
Gymnastics
Gymnastics
This section lists some suggested settings for gymnastics events.
Floor Exercises and Rhythmic Gymnastics
Auto-area AF is recommended if composition is a priority.
Focus mode
Focus mode
AF‑C
AF-area mode
AF-area mode
Auto‑area AF
Custom Settings
Custom Settings
a1 AF‑C priority selection
[
Release
]
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
(
page 10
). Choose [
Alternating points
] for Custom Set-
ting a4 [
Focus points used
] to reduce the number of focus points for quicker selection (
page 9
).