AF w/ shutter (still image)

Selects whether to focus automatically when you press the shutter button halfway down. Select [Off] to adjust the focus and the exposure separately.

  1. MENU → (Camera Settings1) → [AF w/ shutter] → desired setting.

Menu item details

On:
The auto focus operates when you press the shutter button halfway down.
Off:
The auto focus does not operate even if you press the shutter button halfway down.


Useful method to micro-adjust the focus

Activating the auto focus function with a button other than the shutter button makes possible more accurate focusing in combination with manual focusing.

  1. Attach an SSM lens or SAL18135 lens to the camera, and then set the focus mode switch on the lens to "AF."
  2. Set [AF w/ shutter] to [Off].
  3. MENU → (Camera Settings2) → [Custom Key(Shoot.)] → assign the [AF On] and [Focus Magnifier] functions to the desired keys.
  4. Set [Eye-Start AF] to [Off] to avoid auto focusing when you look through the viewfinder.
  5. Press the key to which the [AF On] function is assigned.
  6. Press the key to which the [Focus Magnifier] function is assigned, and then rotate the focus ring for micro-adjustments of the focus.
  7. Press the shutter button fully down to shoot the image.
  • SAM lenses other than SAL18135 lens do not support the DMF (Direct Manual Focus) function (as of the day this camera was released).
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