Sony a6500 Help Manual page 86

Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ILCE-6500
α6500
Center Lock-on AF
When you press the center of the control wheel, the camera detects the subject positioned in the center of the screen
and continues to track the subject.
MENU → (Camera Settings1) → [Center Lock-on AF] → [On].
1
Align the target frame (A) over the subject and press the center of the control wheel.
2
Press the center again to stop tracking.
Press the shutter button fully down to shoot the image.
3
Hint
You can select the subject to be tracked by touch operation when shooting using the monitor. Set [Touch Operation] to other than
[Off].
Note
The [Center Lock-on AF] function may not function very well in the following situations:
The subject is moving too quickly.
The subject is too small, or too large.
The contrast between the subject and the background is poor.
It is dark.
The ambient light changes.
Lock-on AF does not work in the following situations:
[Sweep Panorama]
When [Scene Selection] is set to [Hand-held Twilight] or [Anti Motion Blur].
When shooting in Manual Focus mode.
When using the digital zoom
When [ Record Setting] is set to [120p]/[100p].
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