Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera ILCE-5100

Shooting still images using touch operation (Touch Shutter)

The product automatically focuses on the point you touch and takes a still picture.

  1. MENU (Custom Settings) → [Touch Shoot. Set.] [Touch Shutter]
  2. Touch the icon on the monitor while the shooting screen is displayed.
    The mark to the left of the icon turns orange. To cancel [Touch Shutter], touch the icon again.
  3. Touch the subject to focus on.
    When the subject you touched is in focus, a still image is recorded.

Hint

You can operate the shooting functions below by touching the monitor:
  • Shooting burst images using the touch shutter
    When [Drive Mode] is set to [Cont. Shooting], you can record burst images while touching the monitor.
  • Shooting burst images of sports scenes using the touch shutter
    When [Scene Selection] is set to [Sports Action], you can record burst images while touching the monitor.
  • Shooting continuous bracket images using the touch shutter
    The product shoots three images while automatically shifting the exposure from base, to darker, and then to lighter. When [Drive Mode] is set to [Cont. Bracket], keep touching the monitor until the shooting ends.
    After the recording you can select the image you prefer.

Note

  • The [Touch Shutter] function is unavailable in the following situations:
    • When [Shoot Mode] is set to [Movie]
    • When [Shoot Mode] is set to [Sweep Panorama]
    • When [Scene Selection] is set to [Night Scene]
    • When [Smile/Face Detect.] is set to [Smile Shutter]
    • When [Focus Mode] is set to [Manual Focus]
    • When [Focus Area] is set to [Flexible Spot]
    • While using Digital Zoom
  • You cannot shoot images using [Touch Shutter] with applications downloaded from the website.