Olympus E-3 User Manual page 75

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REGISTERING A PREFERRED TARGET AREA/MODE

You can allocate a specific AF mode and proffered target area

into a memory slot on the camera and call this setting up at the

touch of a button.

If you wish to register a commonly used AF target mode and

area, simply press the Fn and +/- buttons simultaneously. The

target area and mode in use at the time will be registered.

In order to call up this setting you must set the Fn button mode

to use the [- - -] HOME setting when pressed (UMPg99).

Now, when you press the Fn button, the registered AF target and

mode is instantly set-up for you. This setting does not register

the AF mode in use and this must be independently set.

TARGET ZONE SIZE

A final option to consider is the size of the AF target itself. Yes,

indeed, on the E-3 you can set the area within which the camera

determines focus around each target. (

using single AF target mode.)

The default factory setting (normal) uses an area slightly larger

than the actual AF target marking in the viewfinder. This is useful

for action photography and greatly improves the C-AF "hit rate"

of sharply focused high-speed sequence shots.

For critical focus work where the subject is not moving a great

deal and where a lot of fine texture is present, you can set the

sensitivity to cover only the area demarcated by the target. This

is a custom menu option and is found on TOOLS menu 1, section

A (UMPg96).

This is only active when

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