Autofocusing based on subject movement or size
Use the following functions to help you focus automatically.
- Setting the camera based on subject movement: [Focus Mode]
- Choose how to focus based on subject movement.
- Setting the camera based on subject position or size: [Focus Area]
- Choose the best focus area based on subject position or size.
Hint
You can focus by touch.
Use touch operations to select subjects and start tracking.
Focus Mode/Focus Area
Setting the camera
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[Focus Mode]
MENU →
(Camera Settings1) → [Focus Mode] → [AF-C].
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[Focus Area]
MENU →
(Camera Settings1) → [Focus Area] → desired setting.
Related camera help guide
Guide to using the camera
Focus Area
[Wide]

Focuses on subjects across the entire monitor. Effective for erratic subjects such as children, animals, or athletes.
[Zone]

Automatically focuses within your selected focusing zone on the monitor.
[Center]

Focuses on subjects centered on the monitor.
[Flexible Spot]
[Expand Flexible Spot]

Focuses on very small subjects or narrow areas in a frame that you can move freely on the monitor. Choose a small, medium, or large focusing frame. [Expand Flexible Spot] expands the focus area around the [Flexible Spot] if focusing is not possible within your selected spot.
Moving the focusing frame ([Zone], [Flexible Spot], [Expand Flexible Spot])
To move the focusing frame, use the [Focus Standard] function. Before you use this function, assign [Focus Standard] to a custom key in advance.
When you press the custom key to which [Focus Standard] is assigned, you can use the top/bottom/left/right buttons of the control wheel to move the focusing frame.
To center a focusing frame on the monitor, press the (Delete) button.

Focusing frame in the lower left of the monitor

Centers the focusing frame on the monitor
*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.
Note: The images on this web page are provided as examples only. They are not actual images taken by this camera.