Nikon D500 Getting Started Guide
9
Focus Points
The camera focuses using 153 focus
points, of which the 55 shown in red
at right can be selected by the user.
The available cross sensors and fo-
cus points vary with the lens or tele-
converter used (
).
Focus-Point Selection
The center focus point can be selected by pressing the center
of the multi selector. See
The center focus point can be selected by pressing the center
of the multi selector. See
for information on choosing
the number of focus points available,
on configuring focus-area selection to “wrap around”.
1.3× (18 × 12)
The focus points at the left and right
edges of the display are not avail-
able when 1.3× (18 × 12) is selected
for Choose image area. Instead,
the camera focuses using 117 focus
points, of which 45 can be selected by
the user. If another focus point is active when 1.3× (18 × 12)
is selected, focus will move to the closest available point. The
previous selection will be restored if the user chooses another
image area option without changing the focus point.
The focus points at the left and right
edges of the display are not avail-
able when 1.3× (18 × 12) is selected
for Choose image area. Instead,
the camera focuses using 117 focus
points, of which 45 can be selected by
the user. If another focus point is active when 1.3× (18 × 12)
is selected, focus will move to the closest available point. The
previous selection will be restored if the user chooses another
image area option without changing the focus point.