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Sports AF: Custom Control Assignments

Custom Setting f1 (Custom control assignment) can be used to assign different roles, including focus-related functions, to camera controls such as the Pv and Fn buttons. Users of MB‑D17 battery packs can in addition use Custom Setting f10 (Assign MB‑D17 buttons) to choose the roles played by the buttons on the battery pack.

Focus-Related Control Assignments

The following focus-related functions can be assigned to camera and battery-pack controls:

	D500						MB-D17

Preset focus point	✔	✔	―	―	✔	✔	✔	―
AF-area mode	✔	✔	―	✔	✔	✔	―	✔
AF-area mode + AF‑ON	✔	✔	―	✔	✔	✔	―	✔
AE/AF lock	✔	✔	―	✔	✔	✔	―	✔
AF lock only	✔	✔	―	✔	✔	✔	―	✔
AF-ON	✔	✔	―	✔	✔	✔	―	✔
Same as camera AF‑ON button	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	✔

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Preset focus point: Pressing the control selects a preset focus point. To choose the point, select it and press the control while pressing the AF-mode button until the focus point flashes. If this option is assigned to the lens focus function buttons, you can select the preset focus point by pressing and holding a lens focus function button. Release the button to restore the original focus point selection.
AF-area mode: Highlight this option and press to select an AF-area mode (3D-tracking excluded). The selected mode will take effect while the control is pressed; releasing the control restores the original AF-area mode.
AF-area mode + AF‑ON: As for AF-area mode, above, except that pressing the control also initiates autofocus.
AE/AF lock: Focus and exposure lock while the control is pressed.
AF lock only: Focus locks while the control is pressed.
AF‑ON: Pressing the control initiates autofocus.
Same as camera AF‑ON button: The control performs the same function as that currently selected for the camera AF‑ON button.

Lens Focus Function Buttons

You can use Lens focus function buttons to choose the role played by the focus function buttons when the focus function selector on the lens is set to AF‑L. For fast-moving sports, choose AF-area mode to enable rapid AF-area mode selection.

Lenses with Focus Function Selectors

As of April 2016, the following lenses featured focus function selectors:

AF‑S NIKKOR 800 mm f/5.6E FL ED VR
AF‑S NIKKOR 600 mm f/4E FL ED VR
AF‑S NIKKOR 600 mm f/4G ED VR
AF-S NIKKOR 500 mm f/4E FL ED VR
AF-S NIKKOR 500 mm f/4G ED VR
AF‑S NIKKOR 400 mm f/2.8E FL ED VR
AF‑S NIKKOR 400 mm f/2.8G ED VR
AF‑S NIKKOR 300 mm f/2.8G ED VR II
AF‑S NIKKOR 200 mm f/2G ED VR II
AF‑S NIKKOR 200–400 mm f/4G ED VR II