Follow the steps below to fine-tune autofocus. Note that fine-tuning applies only with phase-detection AF (viewfinder AF) and is not available during live view. You may have difficulty focusing at infinity or at the minimum focus distance while fine-tuning is in effect.

1 Select AF fine-tune.

Highlight AF fine‐tune in the setup menu and press .

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2 Select AF fine-tune (On/Off).

The AF fine‐tune (On/Off) option in the AF fine-tune menu is used to turn AF fine-tuning on or off. Highlight AF fine-tune (On/Off) and press .

3 Select On.

Highlight AF Fine-tune(On/Off) and press to enable AF fine-tuning for all saved lenses and return to the AF fine-tune menu (to disable AF fine-tuning, select Off).

4 Select Saved value.

To fine-tune focus for the current lens, highlight Saved value and press .

5 Select a value.

Select positive values to shift the focal point for autofocus away from the camera, negative values to shift it towards the camera.

The camera can store values for up to 20 lenses; to fine-tune additional lenses, attach them and repeat the steps above. Note that fine-tuning values are stored by lens name (focal length and maximum aperture) and that only one value can be stored per name, although values recorded with teleconverters attached are saved separately. To delete previously-saved values, select List saved values, highlight the desired lens, and press .

Checking Focus

Photograph the target as described in “Setup” and check focus (if the effect is hard to see in the camera monitor, transfer the picture to a computer, where it can be viewed at higher resolution). Adjust fine-tuning in the desired direction and repeat the process until you are satisfied with the results. Before each shot, change the focus distance by a large amount prior to engaging autofocus.

D850 Af Fine Tune

Other Options

The options in the AF fine-tune menu can also be used for the tasks below.

Storing Values for Additional Lenses

Fine-tuning values for additional CPU lenses can be added using the Default option as described under 'Fine-Tuning'.

Managing Previously-Saved Values

To view previously-saved values, select List saved values in the AF fine-tune menu.

Lenses are listed by focus distance and maximum aperture, and can also be assigned an identifier as described below. To delete a lens from the list, highlight it and press .

To distinguish them from other lenses with similar names (or, if you own multiple lenses of the same type, to identify the particular lens used for fine-tuning), lenses can be assigned unique two-digit identifiers.
Highlight a lens in the saved values list and press to display the lens identifier. Press or to choose an identifier and press to save changes and exit.

• Auto AF Fine-Tuning

Auto AF Fine-Tuning

The D850 can fine-tune autofocus automatically. The results can be used with all lenses of the same type.

Use only as required. AF fine-tuning should be performed at the focus distance at which the lens is normally used; finetuning performed at short focus distances may be less effective with distant subjects and vice versa.

1 Ready the camera.

Mount the camera on a tripod and aim the camera at a flat, high-contrast subject parallel to the camera focal plane. Note that auto AF fine-tuning works best at maximum aperture and may not function in dark surroundings.

2 Start live view.

Rotate the live view selector to and press the button.

3 Adjust focus settings.

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Rotate the focus-mode selector to AF and use the AF-mode button and command dials to select the following:

• Autofocus mode: AF-S
• AF-area mode: (wide), (normal), or (pinpoint)

4 Select the center focus point.

/voicelive-touch-2-auto-tune.html. Press the center of the multi selector to select the center focus point.

5 Focus.

Press the shutter-release button halfway to focus, then zoom in on the view through the lens to confirm that the subject is in focus. Focus can be adjusted manually if necessary.

6 Perform auto AF fine-tuning.

Press the AF-mode and movierecord buttons simultaneously and keep them pressed until the dialog shown in Step 7 is displayed (this should take slightly over two seconds).

7 Save the new value.

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Highlight Yes and press to add the AF fine-tuning value for the current lens to the saved values list (CPU lenses only). Note that only one value can be stored for each type of lens.

How To Auto Fine Tune Nikon D850

8 Enable AF fine-tuning.

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In the camera setup menu, select AF fine-tune > AF finetune (On/Off), then highlight On and press .