Tracking Focus - Sony DSC-WX5/WX5C Handbook

Tracking focus

The camera tracks the subject and adjusts focus automatically until you press the shutter button
halfway down, even if the subject is moving.
1 Press z on the control button.
The target frame appears.
2 Place the target frame over the subject you want
to focus on, and press z.
Tracking begins.
3 Press the shutter button half way down.
The position of the subject, focus and exposure are locked.
4 Press the shutter button fully down to shoot the
image.
5 To stop the tracking focus function before shooting, press z again.
Notes
• Tracking focus is not available in the following situations:
– In Intelligent Sweep Panorama mode
– In 3D shooting mode
– In Movie Mode
– In Easy Mode
– When the Smile Shutter function is activated
– When (Landscape),
– When [Self-Timer] is set to [Self-portrait One Person] or [Self-portrait Two People]
– When you use [Digital Zoom]
• Tracking focus may fail to lock the focus, lose the subject or track different subject in the following
situations:
– The subject moves too quickly.
– The subject is too small or too large.
– The subject is the same color as the background.
– Under low light conditions.
– Under conditions where the brightness varies.
• Tracking focus will automatically be canceled when the subject disappears from the screen or has failed
to be tracked.
(Twilight) or (Fireworks) is selected in Scene Selection
Target frame
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