Understanding focus points and autofocus

- When you look out onto a scene,…your eyes need to focus.…Typically you'll choose one place to focus on.…Your camera works the same way.…The autofocus mechanism can focus…at one particular distance in your scene.…If working properly,…that point should line up with your subject.…Your camera includes a number of focus points.…The camera will try to automatically identify…which one of these points, or multiple points,…are overlapping with your subject.…However, this process isn't always perfect.…

Sometimes you'll need to override this automatic mechanism,…and choose the focus point manually…to force the camera to focus at a particular place.…These points are within an autofocus area mode.…This is the region that the camera will search…to try to automatically figure out focus.…To change modes, press the information edit button.…You can now select the AF-area mode,…and press OK.…Use the built-in menu to select from the available options.…You have several choices.…

Single point autofocus uses one focus point.…Make sure the focus selector lock is unlocked,…