Selecting the focus position by touch (Shooting still images)

You can touch the monitor to set the focus position. When you press the shutter button halfway down, the camera will focus on the focus position.
When focusing manually, you can double-tap a position on the monitor to magnify display there.

[Touch Focus]

Setting the camera

Set the Still/Movie/S&Q dial to (Still) to select still image shooting mode.

  1. [Focus Mode]

    MENU → (Focus) → [AF/MF] → [Focus Mode] → the desired setting from the [Single-shot AF], [Automatic AF], [Continuous AF], or [DMF].

  2. [ Focus Area]

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

  3. [Touch Operation]

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

  4. [Touch Panel/Pad]

    MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Panel/Pad] → the desired setting.

  5. [Touch Pad Settings]

    MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Pad Settings] → the desired setting.

  6. [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

Focusing frame

A focusing frame is displayed where you touch the monitor to set the focus position.

The focusing frame is displayed

Hint

In addition to the touch focus function, touch operations such as the following are also available.

  • When [Focus Area] is set to [Spot], [Expand Spot], [Tracking: Spot S], [Tracking: Spot M], [Tracking: Spot L], or [Tracking: Expand Spot], the focusing frame can be moved using touch operations.
    After moving the focusing frame, press the shutter button halfway down to focus.

To shoot

Press the shutter button halfway down. The focusing frame turns green once the subject is in focus. To shoot under these conditions, with subjects in focus, press the shutter button all the way down.

To cancel focusing with touch operations, touch (Touch focus release) icon or press the center of the control wheel if shooting with the monitor, and press the center of the control wheel if shooting with the viewfinder.

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.

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