Selecting the focus position by touch (Shooting movies)

The camera will focus on the touched subject.*

* This function cannot be used when you are using the viewfinder for shooting.

Spot Focus

Setting the camera

Set the Still/Movie/S&Q dial to (Movie) to select movie recording mode.

  1. [Focus Mode]

    MENU → (Focus) → [AF/MF] → [Focus Mode] → [Continuous AF].

  2. [ Focus Area]

    MENU → (Focus) → [Focus Area] → [Focus Area] → the desired setting from the [Wide], [Zone], or [Center Fix].

  3. [Touch Operation]

    MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Operation] → [On].

  4. [Touch Panel/Pad]

    MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Panel/Pad] → [Both Valid] or [Touch Panel Only]

  5. [Touch Func. in Shooting]

    MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Func. in Shooting] → [Touch Focus].

    Hint

    You can change the setting for [Touch Func. in Shooting] by touching // (touch function icon) on the shooting screen.

Guide to using the camera

A focusing frame is not displayed when you touch a subject on the monitor to set the focus position, but the camera will automatically focus on the subject.
After the subject is in focus, [Focus Mode] is temporarily switched to [Manual Focus], and you can adjust the focus using the focusing ring.

* To cancel focusing by touch, press the center of the control wheel. In monitor mode, you can also touch the icon in the upper right of the monitor to cancel this function.

Hint

When [Focus Area] is set to [Spot] or [Expand Spot], the focusing frame can be moved using touch operations.

Assign [Touch Operation Select] to a custom key.

This function is useful because each time you press that custom key, you can quickly switch [Touch Operation] to [On] or [Off], if you have assigned the [Touch Operation Select] function to a custom key in advance.

[Manual Focus]

Setting the camera

Set the Still/Movie/S&Q dial to (Movie) to select movie recording mode.

  1. [Focus Mode]

    MENU → (Focus) → [AF/MF] → [Focus Mode] → [Manual Focus].

  2. [ Focus Area]

    MENU → (Focus) → [Focus Area] → [Focus Area] → the desired setting.

  3. [Touch Operation]

    MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Operation] → [On].

  4. [Touch Panel/Pad]

    MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Panel/Pad] → [Both Valid] or [Touch Panel Only]

  5. [Touch Func. in Shooting]

    MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Func. in Shooting] → [Touch Focus].

Guide to using the camera

When you touch a subject on the monitor to set the focus position, the camera will automatically focus on the subject.

Until the subject is in focus after you touch the monitor, [Focus Mode] will be set to [Continuous AF].
After the subject is in focus, [Focus Mode] will be switched back to [Manual Focus].

Assign [Touch Operation Select] to a custom key.

This function is useful because each time you press that custom key, you can quickly switch [Touch Operation] to [On] or [Off], if you have assigned the [Touch Operation Select] function to a custom key in advance.