Nikon D500 Getting Started Guide

Athletics

You may find these settings useful when photographing

road running or track and field events.
Sprints

Choose 25-point dynamic-area AF

when photographing approaching

runners to help prevent the cam-

era focusing on their hands, group-

area AF for more reliable focus when

photographing runners on the start line and in other shots

taken at long range.

• Autofocus mode: AF-C

• AF-area mode: 25-point dynamic-area or group-area AF

• Custom Settings

‣‣a1 AF-C priority selection: Release

‣‣a3 Focus tracking with lock-on

> Blocked shot AF response: 3

Subject motion: Normal

‣‣a7 Store by orientation: Focus point

Select Focus point and AF-area mode for Custom Setting

a7 (Store by orientation) to automatically switch focus

points and AF-area modes as you rotate the camera be-

tween “tall” (portrait) orientations and “wide” (landscape)

orientation for shots taken after the runner has crossed the