Sony ILCE-7SM3 Help Guide - Page 116

Help Guide Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera ILCE-7SM3 α7SIII Selecting the focus area (Focus Area) Set the type of focusing frame when shooting with the auto focus. Select the mode according to the subject. 1 MENU → (Focus) → [Focus Area] → [ Focus Area] → desired setting. Menu item details Wide: Focuses on a subject covering the whole range of the screen automatically. When you press the shutter button halfway down in the still image shooting mode, a green frame is displayed around the area that is in focus. Zone: Select a zone on the monitor on which to focus, and the product will automatically select a focus area. Center Fix: Focuses automatically on a subject in the center of the image. Use together with the focus-lock function to create the composition you want. Spot: S/Spot: M/Spot: L: Allows you to move the focusing frame to a desired point on the screen and focus on an extremely small subject in a narrow area. Expand Spot: If the product cannot focus on a single selected point, it uses focus points around the [Spot] as a secondary priority area for focusing. Tracking: This setting is available only when the [ Focus Mode] is set to [Continuous AF]. When the shutter button is pressed and held halfway down, the product tracks the subject within the selected autofocus area. Point the cursor at [Tracking] on the [ Focus Area] setting screen, and then select the desired area to start tracking using the left/right sides of the control wheel. You can also move the tracking start area to the desired point by designating the area as a [Tracking: Zone], [Tracking: Spot S]/[Tracking: Spot M]/[Tracking: Spot L] or [Tracking: Expand Spot]. Hint In the default settings, [ Focus Area] is assigned to the C2 button. Note [ Focus Area] is locked to [Wide] in the following situations: [Intelligent Auto] The focus area may not light up during continuous shooting or when the shutter button is pressed all the way down at once. When the mode dial is set to [ Focus Area]. (Movie) or (S&Q Motion) or during movie shooting, [Tracking] cannot be selected as the 116