Choosing A Focus Target (Af Target); Focus Lock; Quick Af Target Selection; Toggling Quickly Between Af And Mf - Olympus E-PL3 Instruction Manual

Choosing a focus target (AF target)

Choose which of the 35 autofocus targets will be used for autofocus.
1
Press the P button (H) to display the AF target.
2
Use FGHI to select the single target display and position the AF
target.
• "All targets" mode is restored if you move the cursor off the screen.
You can choose from the following three target types. Press the INFO button and
•
use FG.
All Targets
The camera automatically
chooses from the full set of
focus targets.

Focus lock

If the camera is unable to focus on your chosen subject, select single target mode and use
focus lock to focus on another subject at about the same distance.
1
In [S-AF] mode, position the AF target over the subject and press the
shutter button halfway.
• Make sure that the AF confi rmation mark is lighting up.
• Focus locks while the shutter button is pressed halfway.
2
Keeping the shutter button pressed halfway, recompose the photograph
and then press the shutter button the rest of the way down.
• Do not change the distance between the camera and the subject while pressing the
shutter button halfway.

Quick AF target selection

You can save the selected AF target for quick recall using the Fn or R buttons.
• Select the AF target using [P Set Home] (P. 82).
• Use [; Function] or [R Function] to assign this function to the button.
[Button Function]: g "Customizing camera settings" (P. 81)

Toggling quickly between AF and MF

The Fn or R button can be used to toggle [MF].
• Use [; Function] or [R Function] to assign this function to the button.
[Button Function]: g "Customizing camera settings" (P. 81)
Single Target
Select the focus target
manually.
Group Target
The camera automatically
chooses from the targets in
the selected group.
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