Help Guide

HelpGuide

InterchangeableLensDigitalCamera

ILCE-9 α9

FocusArea

Selectsthefocusingarea.Usethisfunctionwhenitisdifficulttofocusproperlyintheautofocusmode.

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Wide:

Focusesonasubjectcoveringthewholerangeofthescreenautomatically.Whenyoupresstheshutterbuttonhalfway

downinthestillimageshootingmode,agreenframeisdisplayedaroundtheareathatisinfocus.

Zone:

Selectazoneonthemonitoronwhichtofocus,andtheproductwillautomatically selectafocusarea.

Center:

Focusesautomaticallyonasubjectinthecenteroftheimage.Usetogetherwiththefocus-lockfunctiontocreatethe

compositionyouwant.

FlexibleSpot:

Allowsyoutomove thefocusingframetoadesiredpointonthescreenandfocusonanextremelysmallsubjectina

narrowarea.

ExpandFlexibleSpot:

Iftheproductcannot focusonasingleselectedpoint,itusesfocuspointsaroundtheflexiblespotasasecondary

priorityareaforfocusing.

  Lock-onAF:

Whentheshutterbuttonispressedandheldhalfwaydown,theproducttracksthesubjectwithintheselectedautofocus

area.Thissettingisavailableonlywhenthe[FocusMode]issetto[ContinuousAF].Pointthecursorat[Lock-onAF]

onthe[FocusArea]settingscreen,andthenselectthedesiredareatostarttrackingusingtheleft/rightsidesofthe

controlwheel.Youcanalsomovethetrackingstartareatothedesiredpointbydesignatingtheareaasazone,flexible

spot orexpandflexiblespot.

Examplesofthefocusingframedisplay

Thefocusingframediffersasfollowsdependingontheshootingmode.

Whenfocusingwiththephasedetection AForcontrast AF

Whenfocusingwiththephasedetection AF

MENU→

(CameraSettings1)→[Focus Area]→desiredsetting.