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But let me share one more combination of settings that I use when
photographing the grandkids (or their pets). This is the Friedman Archives
equivalent of Sports Action mode but I can specify a low ISO value if I
want to for higher image quality:

“S”hutter Priority Mode; speed “P”rogram mode in low light will drop the
th
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= 1/80 or 1/125th shutter speed to 1/60 of a second
(sometimes slower), which can be slow for
kids who don’t pose.
Continuous autofocus (AF-C) (Available through the Focus Mode knob)
Continuous Shooting = Lo Menu  2  Drive Mode  Cont.
Shooting
AF area = Wide Menu  3  Focus Area  Wide (or via
the Fn menu)
ISO to something reasonable Menu  5  ISO  [800 or below if you
can]. (or via the dedicated ISO button)
Face Detection = On (and Smile MENU  7  Smile / Face Detection 
Shutter = OFF) Face Detection On
Priority Setup = AF MENU  4  Priority Setup  AF means
the camera won't take a picture unless it
thinks the subject is in focus.

2.2 THE FUNCTION BUTTON
The function button provides quick access to up to 12 of your favorite
parameters, and you can assign all slots using the function MENU  6
 Function Button Set.  [Select Slot]  [Select from 1 of 28 options].
The factory default function layout is so useful that I’ve changed only two
of the slots: Slot #12, which is initially set to “Shoot Mode”, is pretty
useless since it just shows you what the exposure mode dial is set to (and I
can just look at the exposure mode dial to see the same thing). Because I
find myself switching “RAW” and “JPG” a lot in my work, I’ve assigned
this slot to be “Quality” so I can see what mode I’m in very quickly. (And
to change it even faster I’ve assigned the Quality setting to the “C” button,
described in the next section.)