Nikon D70S Manuel D’Utilisation

The D70S offers a choice of fi ve focus areas that together cover a wide area 
of the frame.  The focus area can be selected manually, allowing photo-
graphs to be com posed with the main sub ject positioned almost anywhere in 
the frame, or automatically to ensure that the subject closest to the camera 
is always in focus regardless of where it is the frame (closest-subject priority; 

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)

.

Manual focus area selection is not available when closest-subject priority is 
selected in autofocus mode.  Closest-subject priority is automatically selected 
when the mode dial is rotated to 

, 

, 

, 

, 

, or 

; to enable manual 

focus area selection in these modes, select Single area or Dynamic area for 
Custom Setting 3 (AF-area mode; 

 140).

Manual Focus Area Selection
To  select the focus area, slide the focus selector 
lock to 

●.  The multi selector can then be used 

to select the focus area.  The se lect ed focus area 
will be displayed in the viewfi nder,  highlighted 
in red if necessary to establish contrast with the 
background (“Vari-Brite” focus areas; 

 8).  The 

selected focus area is also shown in the control 
panel.

The focus selector lock can be set to L (lock) following selection to prevent 
the se lect ed fo cus area from changing when the multi se lec tor is pressed.

The focus area can not be changed during playback or while menus are displayed.