Pentax K-30 Operating Manual page 105

Selecting the Desired Focusing Point
1
Select S in Step 3 on p.102, and press the 4 button.
2
Press the 3 button or the shutter release button halfway.
The camera returns to the status screen and is ready to take a picture.
3
Select the desired AF point.
Available operations
Four-way controller (2345)
4 button
Press and hold 4 button
• The position of the changed AF point is stored even if the focus point
selection mode is switched to b, c or O, or the camera is turned off.
• If [AF Active Area] is assigned to the V/Y button in [Button
Customization] of the [A Rec. Mode 4] menu (p.165), press the V/Y
button to enable or disable changing the AF point, and turn the front/rear e-
dial to change the AF point as in Step 4. You can move the AF point up and
down with the front e-dial (R), and left and right with the rear e-dial (S).
Press the d button to return the AF point to the center of the AF frame. This
is useful when operating the camera while looking through the viewfinder.
• When [Expanded Area AF] in [AF Settings] of the [A Rec. Mode 2] menu is
enabled, if your subject briefly moves out from the focus point that was
selected when the focus mode was set to k (or when [AF.A] was
enabled), the camera will continue to focus on your subject based on
information from the focus points (back-up focus points) surrounding the
selected focus point. The back-up focus points are displayed in pink on the
status screen.
• You will hear a beep when switching between enabling or disabling changing
the AF point. The beep can be turned off. (p.206)
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Changes the AF point.
Returns the AF point to the center.
Disables changing the AF point and
enables direct key operation of the four-
way controller.
To enable changing the AF point, press
the 4 button again while direct key
operation is enabled.
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