Setting Guide(Movie Edition)
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Workflow Buttons and Icons Settings Tips and Tricks Viewing Movies Appendix
Using Autofocus in Live View
Use an AF-S or AF-P lens. The desired results may not be achieved with other lenses or teleconverters.
Note that in live view, autofocus is slower and the monitor may brighten or darken while the camera
focuses. The focus point may sometimes be displayed in green when the camera is unable to focus. The
camera may be unable to focus in the following situations:
• 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 includes spot lighting
or a neon sign or other light source that changes in brightness
• Flicker or banding appears under uorescent, mercury-vapor, sodium-vapor, or similar lighting
• A cross (star) lter or other special lter is used
• The subject appears smaller than the focus point
• The subject is dominated by regular geometric patterns (e.g., blinds or a row of windows in a skyscraper)
• The subject is moving
Live View Zoom Preview
Press the X button to magnify the view in the monitor up to a maximum of
about 16×. 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, or press W (M) to zoom out. Focus zoom
is not available during movie recording.
If Zoom on/o is selected for Custom Setting f2 (Multi selector center button)> Live view, you can
also use the center of the multi selector to zoom in on the view in the monitor. Choose the initial zoom
setting from Low magnication (50%), 1∶1 (100%), and High magnication (200%). The zoom dis-
play will center on the active focus point. Note that regardless of the option selected, pressing the center
of the multi selector when subject-tracking AF is in eect will select the subject in the active focus point
for focus tracking; to zoom in, use the X button.