Nikon F80D Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Focus Lock
Focus Lock
1
Position the focus area on the subject and lightly
press the shutter release button.
Focus lock is useful in autofocus shooting when you want to capture a
subject that’s framed outside of the F80/F80D/F80S’s five focus areas,
and in situations where autofocus may not work as expected (page 46).
Focus lock is operated differently in Single Servo AF or Continuous
Servo AF.
/ appears when the subject is in focus.
Confirm focus indicator / and lock focus.
In Single Servo AF:
Focus is locked as long as the shutter release button is kept lightly
pressed.
2
•Focus can also be locked by pressing the button. (Refer to the
operation in Continuous Servo AF.)
3
While keeping the focus locked, recompose and
shoot.
•After you have locked focus, do not change the camera-to-subject
distance.
•If you keep the shutter release button lightly pressed or keep the button
pressed after releasing the shutter in Single Servo AF, the shutter can be
released repeatedly with the same focusing.
•If the subject moves after focus is locked (the camera-to-subject distance
changes), remove your finger from the shutter release button or button
to release the focus lock, refocus and lock the focus again.
Focus
In Continuous Servo AF
Confirm focus indicator / then (while keeping shutter release button lightly
pressed) press the button.
•Focus is locked as long as the button is kept pressed, even if you
remove your finger from the shutter release button. In Auto Exposure
mode, exposure is also locked in this case (page 58).
c 11: Only focus can be set to lock when button is pressed (page
73).
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