Nikon 5400 Manuel D’Utilisation

The  Focus options item in the shooting menu 
for P, S, A, and M modes (

 94) contains three 

options controlling focus settings.

Camera automatically selects focus area containing subject closest to 
camera.  Selected focus area is displayed in red when shutter-release but-
ton is pressed halfway.  Choose this setting to minimize risk of pictures 
being out of focus when subject is moving erratically or in other situa-
tions in which there is little time to check focus.

Camera focuses on subject in center focus area (shown by focus brackets 
in viewfi nder).  No focus area indicators appear in monitor.  Can be used 
in combination with focus lock (

 29) to focus on off-center subjects.

User selects focus area manually using multi selector.  Can be used in-
stead of  focus lock (

 29) to focus on relatively motionless subjects that 

are not centered in frame.

Focus-area selection is not available when the monitor is off or  digital zoom (

 26) is 

in effect.  In these cases, the center focus area is used.

In 

  (auto) mode (and at all scene-mode set-

tings except  Portrait and  Close up), the camera 
automatically focuses on the subject in the focus 
area at the center of the frame, shown by the 
focus brackets in the viewfi nder.  In P, S, A, and 
M  modes, a total of fi ve focus areas are avail-
able, making it possible to focus on an off-center 
subject without using focus lock.  AF area mode 
determines how the focus area is selected.

AF AREA MODE

Auto

Manual
Off

FOCUS OPTIONS

AF area mode

Auto-focus mode
Focus confirmation