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 (27 AF
J
Points)
I Zone Select
3
E Select
Expanded
F
Area AF (S)
Expanded
G
Area AF (M)
Expanded
H
Area AF (L)
D Spot
Proceed to Step 2 when a mode other than J or D is
selected.
2
Select the desired AF
point.
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Out of the 27 AF points, the camera
automatically selects the optimum
focusing point. (Default setting)
Out of the selected 9 AF points, the
camera automatically selects the
optimum focusing point.
Sets the focusing point to the user
selected point from 27 points.
Sets the focusing point to the user selected
point from 27 points. When the subject
happens to move out of the selected focusing
area after being focused, 8 peripheral points
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
happens to move out of the selected focusing
area after being focused, 24 peripheral
points 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
happens to move out of the selected focusing
area after being focused, 26 peripheral
points are used as back-up points.
Not available in x mode.
Sets the focusing point to the center of
the 27 points.
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Available operations
v
ABCD
E
c
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.
Face
e
Detection
f Tracking
Multiple AF
g
Points
Select
h
i Spot
u Caution
• When f is selected, the focus lock operation (composition
8 0 0 80 0
adjustment with the half press of the shutter release button)
does not work.
Changes the AF point.
Returns the AF point to the center.
Switches the function of ABCD to that
for Change AF Point or the direct key
operation.
Detects and tracks faces of people.
(Default setting)
The main face detection frame for AF and
AE is displayed in yellow.
Tracks the subject in focus.
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 (9
horizontal by 5 vertical), and you can 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 of
pixels.
Sets the focusing area to a limited area at
the center.
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