AF/MF SETTING (Still Photography)

The options available vary with the shooting mode selected.

Choosing ON increases the drain on the battery.

The camera may be unable to focus using the AF-assist illuminator in some cases.

If the camera is unable to focus, try increasing the distance to the subject.

Avoid shining the AF-assist illuminator directly into your subject's eyes.

If the subject moves as the shutter button is pressed, the face may not be in the area indicated by the green border when the picture is taken.

In some modes, the camera may set exposure for the frame as a whole rather than the portrait subject.

Enabling Intelligent Face Detection via FACE DETECTION ON automatically selects OFF for SUBJECT DETECTION SETTING.

If YAUTO selected for AUTO MODE SETTING, the camera will automatically select the face (of if eye detection is enabled, the eye) when the mode dial is in the AUTO position.

A single face detected in or near the focus area will be marked with a white frame.

If multiple faces are detected in the focus area, the camera will select one automatically.

You can choose a different subject by tapping the display to reposition the focus area. The focus stick (focus lever) can also be used if zWIDE is selected for AF MODE.

When DIRECT AF POINT SELECTION or EDIT FOCUS AREA is chosen for DBUTTON/DIAL SETTING > FOCUS LEVER SETTING > TILTo, you can also switch subjects using the focus stick (focus lever).

When the camera is focused on an eye, you can switch from one eye to the other using a function button to which RIGHT/LEFT EYE SWITCH has been assigned.

If the selected subject leaves the frame, the camera will wait a set time for its return and consequently the white frame may sometimes appear in locations where no face is seen.

Depending on shooting conditions, face selection may be suspended at the close of burst shooting.

Faces can be detected with the camera in vertical or horizontal orientation.

If the camera is unable to detect the subject's eyes because they are hidden by hair, glasses, or other objects, the camera will instead focus on faces.

Face/eye detection options can also be accessed via shortcuts (aShortcut Options).

Enabling subject detection via SUBJECT DETECTION ON automatically selects OFF for gFACE/EYE DETECTION SETTING.

If YAUTO selected for AUTO MODE SETTING, he camera will automatically select the subject when the mode dial is in the AUTO position.

A single subject of the chosen type detected in or near the focus area will be marked with a white frame.

If multiple subjects are detected in the focus area, the camera will select one automatically.

You can choose a different subject by tapping the display to reposition the focus area. The focus stick (focus lever) can also be used if zWIDE is selected for AF MODE.

When DIRECT AF POINT SELECTION or EDIT FOCUS AREA is chosen for DBUTTON/DIAL SETTING > FOCUS LEVER SETTING > TILTo, you can also switch subjects using the focus stick (focus lever).

If the selected subject leaves the frame, the camera will wait a set time for its return and consequently the white frame may sometimes appear in locations where no subject of the chosen type is seen.

Depending on shooting conditions, subject detection may be suspended at the close of burst shooting.

Subjects can be detected with the camera in vertical or horizontal orientation.

Subject detection options can also be accessed via shortcuts (aShortcut Options).

Lenses with a focus distance indicator must be set to manual focus mode (MF) before this option can be used. Selecting MF disables the focus distance indicator.

If the lens is equipped with a focus distance indicator, set the focus ring to the center, as the camera may fail to focus if the ring is set to infinity or the minimum focus distance.

The previously-selected focus mode will be restored if no operations are performed for a set period after the focus ring is rotated.

DIGITAL SPLIT IMAGE and DIGITAL MICROPRISM focus assist options selected via MF ASSIST cannot be used.

MF ASSIST ends if no operations are performed for a set period after the focus ring is rotated.

Press the focus stick (focus lever) to cancel focus zoom.

The zoom position is centered on the current focus area and changes when the focus area is changed.

Any changes made using this item also apply in movie mode (axFINSTANT AF SETTING (Movie Recording)).

Any changes made using this item also apply in movie mode (axFDEPTH-OF-FIELD SCALE (Movie Recording)).

Regardless of the option selected, pictures can still be taken when the camera is not in focus if ON is selected for AF+MF.

Choosing a focus range that includes distances shorter than the minimum focus distance of the lens disables the focus limiter.

The values listed and displayed for the focus limiter may differ from the actual focus distance.

Focus range can be set independently on lenses equipped with focus range selectors. Be sure that the option selected in the camera menus overlaps with that chosen with the lens.

The following additional operations can be performed when CUSTOM is selected:

• You can tap objects in the touch screen display to choose the focus range.
• Instead of tapping an object in the display, you set the maximum focus distance to infinity by rotating the focus ring.

Any changes made using this item also apply in movie mode (axFAF RANGE LIMITER (Movie Recording)).

The behavior of the touch screen varies with the AF mode.

To disable touch controls and hide the touch screen mode indicator, select OFF for DBUTTON/DIAL SETTING > TOUCH SCREEN SETTING > xTOUCH SCREEN SETTING.