(Shooting movies) Specifying a position where you want to focus using touch operations

Setting the camera

1. Still/Movie/S&Q button

   Press the Still/Movie/S&Q button (A) to select the movie recording mode.
   The (movie recording mode) icon will be displayed in the top left of the monitor.

   

2. [Focus Mode]

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

3. [Focus Area]

   Select one of MENU (Focus) → [Focus Area] → [Focus Area] → [Wide], [Zone] or [Center Fix].

4. [Touch Operation]

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

5. [Touch Func. in Shooting]

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

Guide to using the camera

Touching a position on the monitor focuses there.The focusing frame will not be displayed at that time.

When [Focus Area] is [Zone] and white triangles are displayed in the top/bottom/left/right of the focusing frame as below, you cannot use the spot focus function.
If you press the center of the control wheel or if you start shooting a movie, the triangle in the top/bottom/left/right of the focusing frame will disappear.
If you touch the subject on the monitor in this state, spot focus will become possible.

State in which white triangles are displayed in the top/bottom/left/right of the focusing frame ([Zone])

* To cancel spot focus, touch (Touch focus release) icon or press the center of the control wheel.

Hint

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

• When [Focus Area] is one of [Spot: S], [Spot: M], [Spot: L] or [Expand Spot], the focusing frame can be moved by dragging.
• When [Focus Mode] is [Manual Focus], if you double-tap the monitor, you can perform the focus magnification operation.