Sony a7SIII Help Manual page 238

Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ILCE-7SM3
α7SIII
Touch Func. in Shooting: Touch Focus
[Touch Focus] allows you to specify a position where you want to focus using touch operations. Select MENU →
(Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Operation] → [On] beforehand.
This function is available when [
[Wide]
[Zone]
[Center Fix]
[Tracking: Wide]
[Tracking: Zone]
[Tracking: Center Fix]
MENU → (Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Touch Func. in Shooting] → [Touch Focus].
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Specifying the position where you want to focus in the still image mode
When performing auto-focusing, you can specify the position where you want to focus using touch operations. After
touching the monitor and specifying a position, press the shutter button halfway down to focus.
1.
Touch the monitor.
When shooting with the monitor, touch the position where you want to focus.
When shooting with the viewfinder, you can move the position of the focus by touching and dragging on the
monitor while looking through the viewfinder.
To cancel focusing with touch operations, touch
wheel if shooting with the monitor, and press the center of the control wheel if shooting with the viewfinder.
2.
Press the shutter button halfway down to focus.
Press the shutter button all the way down to shoot images.
Specifying the position where you want to focus in the movie recording mode
The camera will focus on the touched subject.
1.
Touch the subject on which you want to focus before or during recording.
When [ Focus Mode] is set to [Continuous AF], the focus mode temporarily switches to manual focus, and the
focus can be adjusted using the focus ring (spot focus). Spot focus is not available when shooting with the
viewfinder.
Focus Area] is set to one of following parameters:
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(Touch focus release) icon or press the center of the control