From the course: Learning Your Nikon DSLR Camera
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Choosing the autofocus selection mode
From the course: Learning Your Nikon DSLR Camera
Choosing the autofocus selection mode
- Your camera's ability to auto-focus is really amazing. Modern cameras can work in very low light and often even recognize the subject automatically. Most of the time, I rely on auto-focus when shooting. The auto-focus mechanism can really work in a couple of distinct ways. The first method is what you learned earlier. Simply, half press the shutter button, and the camera will attempt to focus. Once it locks, you'll generally hear a beep or the focus indicator will change colors. However, your camera can also continue to track a moving subject for you. Now, we just learned about focus points, and this really helps influence where the camera looks for focus. But there are three distinct auto-focus modes. To change these will vary on camera. You might have an eye button that you press for the multi-selector. Or in the case of this camera, I'll just press the focus button on the side of the camera here, near the auto-focus switch. You'll see that we have two sets of numbers. Earlier…
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