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Spot Area AF
Spot Area AF, in which the focus detecting area is shown by
the 3mm-dia. circle at the centre of the viewfinder, is
recommended in the following situations:
a
.
Subject considerably
smaller than the Wide-Area
focus brackets*
b.
Subject obscured by an
object, such as a fence, in
the foreground
c.
A particular portion of the
subject must be in focus,
such as the eyes in a
portrait
d.
Strongly backlit subject,
such as someone standing
beside bright window**
* Lock focus. See “AUTOFOCUS WITH MAIN SUBJECT OFF CENTRE” on pages 36 to 37.
** To give correct exposure on your subject, see “AUTO EXPOSURE LOCK FUNCTION WITH AE-L BUTTON” on pages 74 to
75 or “TO OBTAIN METER READING FOR A PARTICULAR SUBJECT IN MANUAL EXPOSURE MODE” on pages 76 to 77.
For autofocus, set the focus mode selector at
AF
.
The Nikon F70/F70D has two autofocus modes, focus-priority
Single Servo AF and release-priority Continuous Servo AF.
Hold
FUNCTION
button and rotate command dial until the
Function Area indicator appears in the Focus Mode Area and
˚
or
blinks, then hold
SET
/
!
button and rotate
command dial until desired symbol appears. Set
˚
for Single
Servo AF or
for Continuous Servo AF.
In either autofocus mode and in any film advance mode, Focus
Tracking automatically activates when the subject starts
moving. You can obtain correctly focused pictures for many
moving subjects.
Caution
Do
not
attempt to turn the lens focusing ring or impede
its rotation when the focus mode selector is set to
AF
.
AUTOFOCUS
FOCUS MODE
• If you set focus mode selector to
AF
with a non-AF Nikkor
lens,
˚
or
blinks in LCD panel, telling you to set
manual focus mode.
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