Sony ILCE-9 Instruction Manual Large File - 14.58 MB - Page 59

AF On, Eye AF

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Shooting AF On You can focus without pressing the shutter button halfway down. The settings for the focus mode dial will be applied. Press the AF-ON (AF On) button while shooting in autofocus mode. Hint ••Set [ AF w/ shutter] to [Off] when you do not want to perform auto focusing using the shutter button. ••Set [ AF w/ shutter], [ Pre-AF], and [ Eye-Start AF] to [Off] to focus at a specific shooting distance predicting the position of the subject. Eye AF The camera focuses on the subject's eyes while you keep the button pressed. 1 MENU  (Camera Settings 2)  [Custom Key (Shoot.)]  desired key, then assign the [Eye AF] function to the key. 2 Point the camera at a person's face, and press the button to which you have assigned the [Eye AF] function. 3 Press the shutter button while pressing the button. Hint ••When the camera focuses on the eyes, a detection frame is displayed over the eyes. If the focus mode is set to [Single-shot AF], the frame will disappear after a period of time. GB 59

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Shooting
AF On
You can focus without pressing the shutter button halfway down. The
settings for the focus mode dial will be applied.
Press the AF-ON (AF On) button while shooting in autofocus
mode.
Hint
• Set [
 AF w/ shutter] to [Off] when you do not want to perform auto
focusing using the shutter button.
• Set [
 AF w/ shutter], [
 Pre-AF], and [
 Eye-Start AF] to [Off] to focus at
a specific shooting distance predicting the position of the subject.
Eye AF
The camera focuses on the subject's eyes while you keep the button
pressed.
1
MENU
 (Camera Settings 2)
[Custom Key (Shoot.)]
desired key, then assign the [Eye AF] function to the key.
2
Point the camera at a person’s face, and press the button to
which you have assigned the [Eye AF] function.
3
Press the shutter button while pressing the button.
Hint
•When the camera focuses on the eyes, a detection frame is displayed over
the eyes. If the focus mode is set to [Single-shot AF], the frame will disappear
after a period of time.