Focusing using touch operations

The camera will focus on the touched subject.
The following describes operations for movie recording.

Spot Focus

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]

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

    Hint

    • By using [Focus Area Limit] to limit the types of available focus area settings in advance, you can select the desired setting more quickly when changing [Focus Area].

  4. [Touch Operation]

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

  5. [Shooting Screen]

    MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Shooting Screen] → select menu item and then perform the following settings.

    • [Shooting Screen]: [On]
    • [Touch Func. in Shooting]: Select [Touch Focus] or [Touch Focus+AE].

    Hint

    • If you register [Touch Func. in Shooting] on the function menu, you can also change the settings of [Touch Func. in Shooting] by touching this icon.
    • If you set [Touch Func. in Shooting] to [Touch Focus+AE], the brightness will be set according to the subject you touched. This will also allow you to fine-tune the brightness by sliding the brightness adjustment bar that appears after touching.

Related camera help guide

Guide to using the camera

A focusing frame is not displayed when you touch a subject on the monitor to set the focus position, but the camera will automatically focus on the subject.
After focusing on the subject, the [Focus Mode] temporarily switches to [Manual Focus], and you can adjust the focus.

If you assign [Set Focus] to a desired key using [Custom Key Setting] beforehand, the screen for focusing operations can be displayed by pressing the assigned key.
The following is the procedure for assigning the [Set Focus] function to the left side of the control wheel.
MENU → (Setup) → [Operation Customize] → [Custom Key Setting] → [Left Button] → [Set Focus].

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

Hint

  • When [Focus Area] is set to [Spot] or [Expand Spot], the focusing frame can be moved using touch operations.

[Manual Focus]

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] → [Manual Focus].

  3. [Focus Area]

    MENU → (Focus) → [Focus Area] → [Focus Area] → the desired setting.

    Hint

    • By using [Focus Area Limit] to limit the types of available focus area settings in advance, you can select the desired setting more quickly when changing [Focus Area].

  4. [Touch Operation]

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

  5. [Shooting Screen]

    MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Shooting Screen] → select menu item and then perform the following settings.
    [Shooting Screen]: [On]
    [Touch Func. in Shooting]: Select [Touch Focus] or [Touch Focus+AE].

    Hint

    • If you register [Touch Func. in Shooting] on the function menu, you can also change the settings of [Touch Func. in Shooting] by touching this icon.
    • If you set [Touch Func. in Shooting] to [Touch Focus+AE], the brightness will be set according to the subject you touched. This will also allow you to fine-tune the brightness by sliding the brightness adjustment bar that appears after touching.

Related camera help guide

Guide to using the camera

When you touch a subject on the monitor to set the focus position, the camera will automatically focus on the subject.

Until the subject is in focus after you touch the monitor, [Focus Mode] will be set to [Continuous AF].
After the subject is in focus, [Focus Mode] will be switched back to [Manual Focus].

*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.