Nikon D500 Guide De Démarrage
52
Athletics
You may find these settings useful when photographing
road running or track and field events.
Sprints
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
l