Setting The Af Mode During Live View - Ricoh PENTAX K-3 Operating Manual

Selecting the Focusing Area (AF Point)
1
Turn R while pressing b.
Auto Out of the 27 AF points, the camera
(27 AF automatically selects the optimum focusing
J
Points) point. (Default setting)
Out of the selected 9 AF points, the camera
Zone
automatically selects the optimum focusing
I
3
Select
point.
Sets the focusing point to the user selected
E Select
point from 27 points.
Sets the focusing point to the user selected
point from 27 points. When the subject
Expanded
happens to move out of the selected focusing
F Area AF
area after being focused, 8 peripheral points
(S)
are used as back-up points.
Not available in x mode.
Sets the focusing point to the user selected
point from 27 points. When the subject
Expanded
happens to move out of the selected focusing
Area AF
G
area after being focused, 24 peripheral points
(M)
are used as back-up points.
Not available in x mode.
Sets the focusing point to the user selected
point from 27 points. When the subject
Expanded
happens to move out of the selected focusing
Area AF
H
area after being focused, 26 peripheral points
(L)
are used as back-up points.
Not available in x mode.
Sets the focusing point to the center
D Spot
of the 27 points.
Proceed to Step 2 when a mode other than J or D is selected.
2
Select the desired AF point.
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Setting the AF Mode during Live
View
You can select an autofocus mode when shooting with Live
View in [Live View] of the A3 menu, or in [Contrast AF]
of the control panel. The autofocus mode can also be changed
by turning R while pressing b during Live View.
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F F
• When f is selected, the focus lock operation (composition
adjustment with the half press of the shutter release button)
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does not work.
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Available operations
ABCD Changes the AF point.
Returns the AF point to the center.
E
Switches the function of ABCD to that
c
for Change AF Point or the direct key
operation.
Detects and tracks faces of people.
Face (Default setting)
Detection The main face detection frame for AF
and AE is displayed in yellow.
Tracks the subject in focus.
Tracking The shutter can be released even
if the subject is not in focus.
Sets the focusing area to the desired area.
The sensor is divided into 45 areas
Multiple AF (9 horizontal by 5 vertical), and you can
Points select a wider or narrower focusing area by
using 1, 9, 15, or 21 of those 45 available
areas.
Sets the focusing area by the number
Select
of pixels.
Sets the focusing area to a limited area
Spot
at the center.
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