Nikon Z 50 Reference Manual page 90

❚❚ Subject Tracking
When Auto-area AF is selected for AF-
area mode, the camera can track the
subject in the selected focus point.
• Press J to enable focus tracking; the
focus point will change to a targeting
reticle.
• Position the reticle over the target and press J again to start
tracking; the focus point will track the selected subject as it
moves through the frame. To end tracking and select the
center focus point, press J again. Note that if you press the
shutter-release button halfway to start tracking during still
photography when AF-C or AF-A is selected for focus mode, the
camera will track the subject only while the shutter-release
button is pressed halfway; when the button is released,
tracking will end and the focus point in effect before tracking
started will be restored.
• To exit subject-tracking mode, press the W button.
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Subject Tracking
The camera may be unable to track subjects if they move quickly, leave
the frame or are obscured by other objects, change visibly in size, color,
or brightness, or are too small, too large, too bright, too dark, or similar
in color or brightness to the background.
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