Sony ILCE-7C Help Manual page 94

Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ILCE-7C
α7C
Focusing on eyes (Face/Eye AF Set.)
[Face/Eye AF Set.] is used to determine whether or not the camera focuses with priority on faces/eyes.
There are two methods for performing [Eye AF], with some differences between their specifications. Select the
appropriate method according to your purpose.
Item
The camera will detect faces/eyes with greater
Subject detection
priority.
Advance Select [Face/Eye AF Set.] → [Face/Eye Priority in
preparation AF] → [On].
How to perform
Press the shutter button halfway down.
[Eye AF]
Specifications
Focus mode Follows the setting designated with [Focus Mode]
Focus area Follows the setting designated with [Focus Area]
How the following
functions under
[Face/Eye AF Set.]
work
Subject
Detection
Follows the setting designated with each menu
Right/Left Eye
item
Select
Face/Eye
Frame Display
Animal Eye
Display
*
Regardless of whether [Face/Eye Priority in AF] under [Face/Eye AF Set.] is set to [On] or [Off], you can use [Eye AF] via a custom key while
you are pressing the custom key to which you have assigned [Eye AF].
[Eye AF] via [Face/Eye AF Set.]
When the camera detects a face or eye inside
or around the designated focus area, it
focuses on the face or eye with greater
priority.
If the camera does not detect any faces or
eyes inside or around the designated focus
area, it will focus on another detectable
subject.
Details can be found here.
The camera will detect faces/eyes
exclusively.
Assign [Eye AF] to the desired key using [
Custom Key] or [
Press the key to which you have assigned
the [Eye AF] function*.
The camera focuses exclusively on
faces or eyes anywhere on the screen,
regardless of the setting for [Focus
Area].
The camera will not automatically focus
on another subject if no face or eye is
detected anywhere on the screen.
Follows the setting designated with [Focus
Mode]
The focus area temporarily becomes the
entire screen, regardless of the setting for
[Focus Area].
Follows the setting designated with each
menu item
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[Eye AF] via a custom key
Custom Key].