Nikon D5300, User Manual

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Live View
D
Using Autofocus in Live View
Autofocus is slower in live view and the monitor may brighten or darken while the camera
focuses. The camera may be unable to focus in the situations listed below (note that the
focus point may sometimes be displayed in green when the camera is unable to focus):
•
The subject contains lines parallel to the long edge of the frame
•
The subject lacks contrast
•
The subject in the focus point contains areas of sharply contrasting brightness, or the
subject is lit by spot lighting or by a neon sign or other light source that changes in
brightness
•
Flicker or banding appears under fluorescent, mercury-vapor, sodium-vapor, or similar
lighting
•
A cross (star) filter or other special filter is used
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The subject appears smaller than the focus point
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The subject is dominated by regular geometric patterns (e.g., blinds or a row of windows
in a skyscraper)
•
The subject is moving
In addition, the subject-tracking AF may be unable to track subjects if they move quickly,
leave the frame or are obscured by other objects, change visibly in size, color, or brightness,
or are too small, too large, too bright, too dark, or similar in color or brightness to the
background.
A
Manual Focus
To focus in manual focus mode ( 0 57), rotate the
lens focus ring until the subject is in focus.
To magnify the view in the monitor up to about 8.3 ×
for precise focus, press the
X
button. While the view
through the lens is zoomed in, a navigation window
will appear in a gray frame at the bottom right corner
of the display. Use the multi selector to scroll to areas
of the frame not visible in the monitor (available only
if
7 ( Wide-area AF ) or 8 ( Normal-area AF ) is
selected for AF-area mode ), or press
W
(
Q
) to zoom
out.
X
button Navigation window