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AF-Assist Illuminator
AF-Assist Illuminator
Focus
•This camera’s five focus areas cover a wide frame area, and you can
select among them, depending on the subject’s position in the frame or
your desired composition. They reliably provide sharp focus without
use of focus lock (page 44).
•Lightly press the shutter release button and press the focus area selector
up/down/right/left to change the focus area toward the corresponding
direction. Selected focus area is indicated (momentarily in red when the
subject is dark, page 4) in the viewfinder. Selected focus area is also indicated
in the LCD panel.
•Selected focus area can be locked by rotating the focus area selector lock
lever to lock position.
c 5: Focus area indication in red when the subject is dark can be cancelled
or can be set to appear in any situation (page 72).
c 6: Focus area can be switched to the opposite position without pressing
the opposite position on the focus area selector (page 72).
1
Rotate the AF Area mode selector to select Single
Area AF g or Dynamic AF ©.
2
Rotate the focus area selector lock lever to release
the lock, then select desired focus area with the focus
area selector.
•Focus area cannot be selected in Dynamic AF Mode with Closest Subject
Priority (
J
, page 40).
•When the subject is dark and the shutter release button is pressed
lightly, the camera’s AF-Assist Illuminator automatically turns on and
enables autofocus operation in a dark environment.
Approx. 0.5-3m
NOTE: Continuous use of the AF-Assist Illuminator
When the AF-Assist Illuminator is used continuously, illumination is limited
temporarily to protect the firing tube. The illumination restarts after a few
moments. Also, when the AF-Assist Illuminator is used repeatedly in a short
period of time, be careful not to touch the AF-Assist Illuminator lamp because
it may have become hot.
Optional Speedlight and AF-Assist Illuminator
When an optional Speedlight is attached and the condition for the AF-Assist
Illumination is met, the AF-Assist Illuminator of the optional Speedlight SB-80DX,
50DX, 28/28DX, SB-27, SB-26, SB-25 and SB-24 automatically turns on. With
other optional Speedlights, camera’s Illuminator turns on.
•AF-Assist Illuminator automatically turns on in the following situations:
Focus mode is Single Servo AF, AF Nikkor lens is used, subject is dark and
centre focus area is selected or Dynamic AF Mode with Closest Subject Priority
is activated.
•Focal length of the usable AF Nikkor lens is 24-200mm and the distance range
of the AF-Assist Illuminator is approx. 0.5-3m.
c 18: AF-Assist Illuminator can be cancelled (page 75).
•Autofocus using the camera’s AF-Assist Illuminator cannot be performed due
to vignetting with following lenses at shooting distance within 1m:
AF Micro 200mm f/4 IF-ED, AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8 IF-ED, AF 18-35mm f/3.5-
4.5 ED, AF 20-35mm f/2.8 IF, AF 24-85mm f/2.8-4, AF 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6
IF, AF-S 28-70mm f/2.8 IF-ED, AF Micro 70-180mm f/4.5-5.6 ED
•Autofocus using the camera’s AF-Assist Illuminator cannot be performed due
to vignetting with AF-S 80-200mm f/2.8 IF-ED, AF 80-200mm f/2.8 ED and AF
VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 ED.
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