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The camera focuses on a point selected by the user.

If the subject briefly leaves the selected point, the

camera will focus based on information from

surrounding focus points.

Use for photographs of athletes and other active

subjects that are hard to frame using [Single-

This option is available only when AF-A or AF-C is

selected for autofocus mode during still

photography.

The camera automatically detects the subject and

selects the focus area.

Use on occasions when you don't have time to

select the focus point yourself, for portraits, or for

snapshots and other spur-of-the-moment

If a portrait subject is detected during live view

photography, an amber border indicating the

focus point will appear around the subject's face.

If the camera detects the subject's eyes, the

amber border will instead appear around an eye

(face/eye-detection AF). This frees you to

concentrate on composition and your subject's

expression when photographing active portrait

subjects ( 0 155).

Subject tracking ( 0 158) can be activated by

pressing the J button.

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