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<blockquote data-quote="yauman" data-source="post: 280969" data-attributes="member: 15418">Ok, I think I know what you are after.&nbsp; If you are in manual focus mode (MF) it will NOT autofocus and you have to turn the focus ring of the lens manually to focus.&nbsp; That's not what you are asking (I presume.)&nbsp; I think what you want is for the camera to AutoFocus but for you to MANUALLY determine what part of the image you want the camera to focus on.&nbsp; If that's what you are asking, Nickt gave you the answer.&nbsp; I'll repeat it in my way of explaining.&nbsp; Select the AF-S autofocus mode - this is the spot focusing mode(AF-S = Auto Focus Spot) - where you can select which &quot;spot&quot; in the image you want the camera to focus on when you press the shutter button half-way down. The D7100 has 51 possible spots which you can select by moving the little control &quot;wheel&quot; thingy up, down, left or right.&nbsp; You should see the lit up spot in the view finder move around. (Make sure the control wheel thingy is not locked - white mark NOT pointing to &quot;L&quot; )&nbsp; Place that spot where you want the camera to auto-focus.&nbsp;&nbsp; (Oh - to select the AF-S mode, press the &quot;AF-M&quot; button on the left front side of the camera and while pressing with one of your left hand finger, rotate the command dial - rear dial - with your right thumb until you see AF-S on the top LCD panel. )Hope this helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yauman, post: 280969, member: 15418"] Ok, I think I know what you are after. If you are in manual focus mode (MF) it will NOT autofocus and you have to turn the focus ring of the lens manually to focus. That's not what you are asking (I presume.) I think what you want is for the camera to AutoFocus but for you to MANUALLY determine what part of the image you want the camera to focus on. If that's what you are asking, Nickt gave you the answer. I'll repeat it in my way of explaining. Select the AF-S autofocus mode - this is the spot focusing mode(AF-S = [B]A[/B]uto [B]F[/B]ocus [B]S[/B]pot) - where you can select which "spot" in the image you want the camera to focus on when you press the shutter button half-way down. The D7100 has 51 possible spots which you can select by moving the little control "wheel" thingy up, down, left or right. You should see the lit up spot in the view finder move around. (Make sure the control wheel thingy is not locked - white mark NOT pointing to "L" ) Place that spot where you want the camera to auto-focus. (Oh - to select the AF-S mode, press the "AF-M" button on the left front side of the camera and while pressing with one of your left hand finger, rotate the command dial - rear dial - with your right thumb until you see AF-S on the top LCD panel. ) Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]

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