Olympus E-3 User Manual page 74

illuminate in the viewfinder) and press the shutter button to
confirm your selection.
Target Selection – Single Dynamic mode
Press the target selection button and move the target selector to
the bottom graphic by rotating an input dial. Now when you
press and release the target selection button, the highlighted
target in the viewfinder is the central one of four which can be
used as the camera needs.
On the rear display panel the selected central target is
highlighted in yellow and the surrounding four "alternates" are
shown as yellow boxes. If you want to quickly move the
preferred target to the middle of the array, press the OK button
whilst the target is highlighted.
In the dynamic single target mode the camera will track your
subject using the point you have set as the central target of the
group of five but, if required, it will move to any of the other four
alternates to keep track of your subject.
This is an especially useful mode for sports work where your
subject might be moving along a horizontal plane – such as a
surfer – and you wish to prevent the camera from trying to
"hunt" in the sky for your subject. Select the centre lower target
and the camera will only use targets in the lower half of the
frame to track your subject.
A common application of this target selection mode is for use in
avian and wildlife photography where it is usual to track a subject
by trying to keep it in the middle of the viewfinder. The camera
will move around the central target to track your animal but will
not try and lock on to background bushes or trees that might
suddenly come into view within the edges of the viewfinder as
you pan the camera.
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