Sony ILCE-9 a9 Help Manual page 92

Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ILCE-9
α9
Eye AF
The camera focuses on the subject's eyes while you keep the button pressed.
MENU → (Camera Settings2) → [Custom Key(Shoot.)] → desired key, then assign the [Eye AF]
1
function to the key.
Point the camera at a person's face, and press the button to which you have assigned the [Eye AF]
2
function.
Press the shutter button while pressing the button.
3
Hint
When the camera focuses on the eyes, a detection frame is displayed over the eyes. If the focus mode is set to [Single-shot AF],
the frame will disappear after a period of time.
Note
If the camera cannot detect a person's face, you cannot use [Eye AF].
Depending on the circumstances, you cannot use [Eye AF] such as when [Focus Mode] is set to [Manual Focus].
The [Eye AF] function may not function very well in the following situations:
When the person is wearing sunglasses.
When the front hair covers the person's eyes.
In low-light or back-lit conditions.
When the eyes are closed.
When the person is in the shade.
When the person is out of focus.
When the person is moving too much.
If the person is moving too much, the detection frame may not display correctly over their eyes.
When the mode dial is set to
Related Topic
Custom Key(Shoot.)/Custom Key(PB)
Face Detection
(Movie) or , or during movie recording, [Eye AF] is unavailable.
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