Focus; Setting The Af Area - Sony DSLR-A700H User’s Guide User's And Troubleshooting Manual

Focus

When you hold the grip and look into the viewfinder, or press the shutter button halfway
down, the camera adjusts the focus automatically (Auto focus). Make it a habit to press the
shutter button only halfway down to confirm that the subject is visually in focus.

Setting the AF area

You can change the focus method. Change the method when it is difficult to get the proper
focus.
Multi-selector
Fn (Function) button
1 Press the Fn (Function) button to display the Quick Navi screen (page 30).
2 Select the AF area item with the multi-selector.
3 Select the desired mode with front or rear control dial.
• After selecting the AF area in step 2, if you press the center of the multi-selector, the screen switches to
the Exclusive disp screen. On this screen, select the desired mode with v/V on the multi-selector, then
press the center.
• You can also select the AF area from the
(Wide)
Recording menu (page 101).
The camera determines which of the 11 AF area is used in
focusing within the wide AF area.
Front control dial
Rear control dial
( : The default setting)
AF area
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