Taking Photographs—Focus
Focus
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Focus Area Selection
The D100 offers a choice of five focus areas that together cover a wide area
of the frame. Except when closest subject priority (
67) is in effect, you can
select the focus area manually, allowing you to compose your photograph
with the main subject positioned almost anywhere in the frame (to compose
a photograph in which the main subject is not in any of the five focus areas,
use focus lock;
70).
To select the focus area, rotate the focus selector lock switch to release the
lock. The multi selector can then be used to select the focus area. The se-
lected focus area will be displayed in the viewfinder, highlighted in red if nec-
essary to establish contrast with the background (“Vari-Brite” focus areas;
11). The selected focus area is also shown in the control panel.
Playback
The focus area can not be selected during playback and menu operations.
17—Focus Area (
156)
This option can be used to set focus area selection to “wrap around.”
18—AF Area Illum (
156)
By default, the selected focus area is briefly highlighted in red to improve contrast as
needed (“Vari-Brite” focus area). Using Custom Setting 18, you can set the focus area
to be highlighted in red at all times, or turn highlighting off altogether.
If you rotate the focus selection lock switch to the locked position after select-
ing the focus area, the selected focus area will not change even when the
multi selector is pressed.
