During Recording - Sony a7 III Instruction Manual

Specifying the position where you want to focus in the
movie recording mode (spot focus)
The camera will focus on the touched subject. Spot focus is not available
when shooting with the viewfinder.
 Select a [Focus Area] other than [Flexible Spot] or
[Expand Flexible Spot].
 MENU 
[Off].
 Touch the subject on which you want to focus before or

during recording.

• When you touch the subject, the focus mode temporarily switches to
manual focus and the focus can be adjusted using the focus ring.
• To cancel spot focus, touch
wheel.
Hint
• In addition to the touch focus function, touch operations such as the following
are also available.
– When [Focus Area] is set to [Flexible Spot] or [Expand Flexible Spot], the
focusing frame can be moved using touch operations.
– When the [Focus Mode] is set to [Manual Focus], the focus magnifier can be
used by double-tapping the monitor.
Note
• The touch focus function is not available in the following situations:
– When [Focus Mode] is set to [Manual Focus].
– When using the digital zoom
– When using the LA-EA2 or LA-EA4
– When using the LA-EA1 or LA-EA3, and the shooting mode is set to [Movie]
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(Camera Settings 1)  [Center Lock-on AF] 
or press the center of the control