Sony ILME-FX3 Help Manual page 233

Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ILME-FX3
Focusing using touch operations (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.
Touch the subject to focus.
To cancel focusing with touch operations, touch
wheel.
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).
To cancel spot focus, touch
When [ Focus Mode] is set to [Manual Focus], the focus mode temporarily switches to [Continuous AF]. When
the touched area is in focus, the focus mode returns to manual focus.
Hint
In addition to the touch focus function, touch operations such as the following are also available.
The focusing frame for [Spot] and [Expand Spot] can be moved by dragging.
When shooting still images in the manual focusing mode, the focus magnifier can be used by double-tapping the monitor.
Note
The touch focus function is not available in the following situations:
When shooting still images in the manual focusing mode
Focus Area] is set to one of following parameters:
(Touch focus release) icon or press the center of the control wheel.
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(Touch focus release) icon or press the center of the control