Selecting a subject to be tracked by touch (Shooting still images)

You can use touch operations to select a subject you want to track.

[Touch Tracking]

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. [Touch Operation]

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

  3. [Touch Panel/Pad]

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

  4. [Touch Pad Settings]

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

  5. [Touch Func. in Shooting]

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

    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

About the tracking frame to be displayed

When you touch a subject on the monitor, the white tracking frame appears and the tracking function is activated. When you press the shutter button halfway down, the subject will be in focus and the white tracking frame turns into a green frame. When you press the shutter button fully down in this condition, the camera shoots the subject that is in focus.
While shooting with the viewfinder, you can specify the subject you want to track using touch pad operation.

Tracking is enabled
Tracking is enabled and a subject is in focus

To cancel tracking, touch (Tracking release) icon or press the center of the control wheel.

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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