Shooting with touch operations (Shooting still images)

The camera automatically focuses on the point you touch and shoots a still image.*

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

Touch Shutter

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] → [Both Valid] or [Touch Panel Only]

  5. [Touch Func. in Shooting]

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

    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

Shooting with touch operations

Touch the subject you want to focus on while the (touch shutter) icon is displayed in the top right of the monitor.
The camera focuses on the subject you touched, and a still image is recorded.

Shooting burst images using the touch shutter

When [Drive Mode] is set to [Cont. Shooting], you can record burst images while touching the screen.

*The menu screen images on this web page have been simplified for display purposes, and do not exactly reflect the actual screen display of the camera.