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Custom Setting 3 (AF-area mode) de ter mines how the focus area is selected and 
what hap pens if the sub ject moves out of the selected focus area while the cam era is 
still fo cus ing.  The current setting is indicated by the focus-area displays in the control 
panel and viewfi nder.

User selects focus area manually; camera focuses on subject 
in selected focus area only.  Selected focus area is high-
lighted in viewfi nder (

 8) when focus area is selected and 

when camera focuses.  Use for relatively static com po si tions 
with sub jects that will stay in selected focus area.  Selected 
automatically when mode dial rotated to  ; default setting 
for P, S, A, and M modes.

User selects focus area manually, but camera uses infor-
mation from multiple focus areas to de ter mine focus.    Se-
lected focus area is highlighted in viewfi nder  (

  8) when 

focus area is selected and when camera focuses.  If sub ject 
leaves selected focus area even briefl  y,  cam era will still be 
able to focus based on in for ma tion from oth er focus areas 
(focus-area selection does not change).  Use when fol low ing 
erratically moving subjects and in oth er situations in which it 
is diffi cult to keep subject in se lect ed focus area.

Camera automatically selects focus area containing subject 
closest to camera.  Focus area can not be selected manually, 
and focus area is not displayed in control panel; active fo-
cus area is highlighted in viewfi nder when camera focuses.  
Prevents out-of-focus shots when photographing erratically 
moving subjects.  Selected automatically when mode dial is 
rotated to  

, 

,  ,  , 

, or 

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This option can be used to set focus area selection to “wrap around.”

Depending on the option selected for Custom Setting 18 (AF area illm), the active 
focus area will be highlighted briefl y in red to improve contrast as needed (“Vari-Brite” 
focus areas), highlighted at all times, or never highlighted.