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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 102026" data-attributes="member: 4923">If you have not already, you can set your camera to display the focus point used when you play back the images in camera. This is very helpful as you experiment with various AF settings. You can also see this info using the Nikon software on your computer after you download the images. I suspect that in this case, the focus point is on the dog, but since he was coming right at you, the camera did not respond to that. I'm still sketchy on 3d mode and have not played with it enough. AF-C might respond better. Set focus menu item a3 to 'off'. Menu a3 introduces a delay into continuous focus. Menu a1 will determine if the shutter will release regardless of focus in AF-C. I would try release priority if you find you can't get the shot with focus priority.You could try short a burst of shots too with a1 set to release and a3 off and see if you catch a better focus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 102026, member: 4923"] If you have not already, you can set your camera to display the focus point used when you play back the images in camera. This is very helpful as you experiment with various AF settings. You can also see this info using the Nikon software on your computer after you download the images. I suspect that in this case, the focus point is on the dog, but since he was coming right at you, the camera did not respond to that. I'm still sketchy on 3d mode and have not played with it enough. AF-C might respond better. Set focus menu item a3 to 'off'. Menu a3 introduces a delay into continuous focus. Menu a1 will determine if the shutter will release regardless of focus in AF-C. I would try release priority if you find you can't get the shot with focus priority. You could try short a burst of shots too with a1 set to release and a3 off and see if you catch a better focus. [/QUOTE]

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