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E-PL6 Does it have small focus area option?

Started Mar 28, 2016 | Questions
bgalb
bgalb Senior Member • Posts: 2,179
E-PL6 Does it have small focus area option?

Does the E-PL6 have the option to select the smaller focus area like on the E-M5 and E-M1?  I didn't see it on the menu of my granddaughter's new E-PL6.

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BostonC Contributing Member • Posts: 642
Re: E-PL6 Does it have small focus area option?

Sure you can. Left arrow, then press info, then up/dn cycle through the area selection option. Make sure the digital teleconverter mode is off. Otherwise the smallest area looks big.

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Re: E-PL6 Does it have small focus area option?

Thanks.  Both my daughter and granddaughter are iauto only and don't know how to use the menus. I was setting up their camera menus for a trip they plan and didn't remember how to find the small focus area option.

Also was trying to explain how and why to use Aperture Priority mode in five minutes or less with mixed success.  They both are pretty intelligent, but have the attention span of a gnat when listening to instruction.

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