Center Lock-on AF
When you press the center of the control wheel, the camera detects the subject positioned in the center of the screen and continues to track the subject.
- MENU →
(Camera Settings1) → [Center Lock-on AF] → [On].
- Align the target frame (A) over the subject and press the center of the control wheel.
- Press the center again to stop tracking.
- Press the shutter button fully down to shoot the image.
Hint
- If you assign the [Focus Standard] function to the key of your choice, you can activate [Center Lock-on AF] or detect a subject again by pressing the key when [Focus Area] is set to [Wide] or [Center].
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You can select the subject to be tracked by touch operation when shooting using the monitor. With touch panel operations enabled, select MENU →
(Camera Settings2) → [
Touch Shoot. Set.] → [Touch Focus].
Note
- The [Center Lock-on AF] function may not function very well in the following situations:
- The subject is moving too quickly.
- The subject is too small, or too large.
- The contrast between the subject and the background is poor.
- It is dark.
- The ambient light changes.
- Lock-on AF does not work in the following situations:
- [Sweep Panorama]
- When [Scene Selection] is set to [Hand-held Twilight] or [Anti Motion Blur].
- When [Smart Telecon.] is being used.
- When shooting in Manual Focus mode.
- When using the digital zoom
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When the shooting mode is set to Movie, and [
SteadyShot] is set to [Intelligent Active].
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When shooting movies with [
Record Setting] set to [120p]/[100p]
- During High Frame Rate shooting