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Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ILCE-7M4 α7IV
Selecting the focus area (Focus Area)
Set the type of focusing frame when shooting with the auto focus. Select the mode according to the subject.
Menu item details
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 Fix:
Focuses automatically on a subject in the center of the image. Use together with the focus-lock function to create the
composition you want.
Spot: S/Spot: M/Spot: L:
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 Spot:
If the product cannot focus on a single selected point, it uses focus points around the [Spot] as a secondary priority area
for focusing.
Tracking:
This setting is available only when the [
Focus Mode] is set to [Continuous AF]. When the shutter button is pressed
and held halfway down, the product tracks the subject within the selected autofocus area. Point the cursor at [Tracking]
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 [Tracking:
Zone], [Tracking: Spot S]/[Tracking: Spot M]/[Tracking: Spot L] or [Tracking: Expand Spot].
Hint
In the default settings, [
Focus Area] is assigned to the C2 button.
Note
[
Focus Area] is locked to [Wide] in the following situations:
[Intelligent Auto]
The focus area may not light up during continuous shooting or when the shutter button is pressed all the way down at once.
When the Still/Movie/S&Q dial is set to
(Movie) or S&Q (S&Q Motion) or during movie shooting, [Tracking] cannot be
selected for [
Focus Area].
MENU →
(Focus) → [Focus Area] → [ Focus Area] → desired setting.
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