Starting tracking with touch operations (Touch Tracking)

You can use touch operations to select a subject you want to track in the still image shooting mode and movie recording mode.

Configure the settings as follows from MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] in advance:

  • [Touch Operation]: [On]
  • [Touch Panel Settings] → [Shooting Screen] → [Shooting Screen]: [On]

  1. MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Panel Settings] → [Shooting Screen] → [Touch Func. in Shooting] → [Touch Tracking].
  2. Touch the subject that you want to track on the monitor.

    Tracking will start.

    • When shooting with the viewfinder, you can use the touch pad to select a subject you want to track.

Hint

  • To cancel tracking, touch (Tracking release) icon or press the center of the control wheel.
  • If you set [Touch Func. in Shooting] to [TouchTracking+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.

Note

  • [Touch Tracking] is unavailable in the following situations:
    • When [Focus Mode] is set to [Manual Focus] in still image shooting mode.
    • When using Smart Zoom, Clear Image Zoom, or Digital Zoom in the still image shooting mode
  • If the focus mode is switched to [Manual Focus] while [Touch Func. in Shooting] is set to [Touch Tracking] in still image shooting mode, the setting value for [Touch Func. in Shooting] will be changed to [Touch Focus].
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