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FAQ and troubleshooting

Changing the AF Method to Use the Live View Function to Shoot Still Photos and Movies

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Solution

Selecting the AF Method
Using AF (FlexiZone - Single) to Focus
Using AF (Face detection Live Mode) to Focus
Using AF (Quick Mode) to Focus

You can shoot while viewing the image on the camera's LCD monitor. This is called "Live View shooting".

This article explains how to change the AF method during Live View shooting.

Note that the shooting procedure is slightly different for still photos and movies. To shoot still photos, refer to the instructions for still photos. To shoot movies, refer to the instructions for movies.

In some steps below, screens will be different for still images and videos. Here, screen examples for still images are used to explain the operations.

Caution

Do not allow the product to maintain contact with the same area of skin for extended periods of time during use. This may result in low-temperature contact burns, including skin redness and blistering, even if the product does not feel hot. The use of a tripod or similar equipment is recommended when using the product in hot places and for people with circulation problems or less sensitive skin.

Do not point the camera toward an intense light source, such as the sun or an intense artificial light source. Doing so may damage the image sensor or the camera’s internal components.

Caution

If you handhold the camera and shoot while viewing the LCD monitor, camera shake can cause blurred images. Using a tripod is recommended.

During Live View shooting, some Custom Function settings will not take effect.

Selecting the AF Method

1. Set the lens’s focus mode switch to ⋖AF⋗.

2. Set the camera’s power switch to ⋖ON⋗.

3. Press the ⋖MENU⋗ button.

4. Under the [ ] tab, select [AF method].

In Basic Zone modes, it is under the [

] tab.

To shoot a movie, it is under the [

] tab.

5. Select the desired AF method, then press ⋖ ⋗.

6. Press the ⋖ ⋗ button.

The Live View image will appear on the LCD monitor.

As the next step may differ depending on the AF method setting, Please confirm your AF method setting before proceeding.

Using AF (FlexiZone - Single) to Focus

Using AF (Face detection Live Mode) to Focus

Using AF (Quick Mode) to Focus

Using AF (FlexiZone - Single) to Focus

With [FlexiZone - Single], the image sensor is used to focus. Although AF is possible with the Live View image displayed, the AF operation will take longer than with [Quick mode].

Also, achieving focus may be more difficult than with [Quick mode].

[FlexiZone - Single] is selected in default settings.

1. Press the ⋖ ⋗ cross keys to move the AF point to where you want to focus. (It cannot be moved to the edge of the screen.)

: AF point

Press ⋖

⋗ to return the AF point to the center.

2. Press the shutter button halfway to focus.

When focus is achieved, the AF point will turn green and the beeper will sound.

If focus is not achieved, the AF point will turn orange.

3. Press the shutter button completely to take the picture.

Press the ⋖

⋗ button to start shooting a movie. To stop movie shooting, press the ⋖

⋗ button again.

Using AF (Face detection Live Mode) to Focus

With [ (Face detection) Live Mode ], the camera detects and focuses on human faces with the same AF method as [FlexiZone - Single].Have the person whose picture you want to take face the camera.

Focusing will take longer than with [Quick mode].

1. Focus on the subject's face.

When a face is detected, the ⋖

⋗ frame will appear on the face for focusing.

If multiple faces are detected, ⋖

⋗ will be displayed. Use the ⋖

⋗ ⋖

⋗ keys to move the ⋖

⋗ frame over the face you want to focus on.

2. Press the shutter button halfway and the camera will focus on the face covered by the ⋖ ⋗ frame.

When focus is achieved, the AF point will turn green and the beeper will sound.

If focus is not achieved, the AF point will turn orange.

If a face cannot be detected, the AF point ⋖

⋗ will be displayed and AF will be executed at the center.

Caution

If the subject's face is significantly out of focus, face detection will not be possible. If the lens enables manual focusing even while the lens's focus mode switch is set to ⋖AF⋗, turn the focusing ring to attain rough focus. The face will then be detected and ⋖

⋗ will be displayed.

An object other than a human face may be detected as a face.

Face detection will not work if the face is very small or large in the picture, too bright or too dark, tilted horizontally or diagonally, or partially hidden.

The ⋖

⋗ may cover only a part of the face, not the whole face.

3. Press the shutter button completely to take the picture.

Press the ⋖

⋗ button to start shooting a movie. To stop movie shooting, press the ⋖

⋗ button again.

Using AF (Quick Mode) to Focus

The dedicated AF sensor is used to focus in One-Shot AF, using the same AF method as with viewfinder shooting.

Although you can focus on the target subject quickly, the Live View image will be interrupted momentarily during the AF operation.

You can use nine AF points to focus (automatic selection). You can also select one AF point to focus and focus only on the area covered by that AF point (manual selection).

The small boxes on the screen are the AF points