Pentax Silkypix K-500 Operating Manual page 111

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Selecting the Desired Focusing Point
1
Select S in Step 3 on p.108, 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.171), 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 select the upper or lower
AF point with the front e-dial (R), and the left or 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.214)
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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