1-2 Whole Area Tracking Servo AF

You can choose from three Servo AF tracking operation options:
・Tracking across the entire screen
・Tracking with limited range
・Locking the AF area without tracking

AF operation screen

Three Servo AF settings are available: Tracking across the entire screen, tracking across a limited range, and locking the AF area without tracking. Select the option according to the conditions, such as the subject size or movement, and to prevent the focus from jumping to another subject.

  1. Tracking across the entire screen

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    Whole area tracking Servo AF: Enable

    AF starts in the selected AF area, and continues tracking across the entire screen.
    This option is effective for when you want to leave it up to the camera to focus on the subject or for subjects with significant movement.

    Before AF (gray frame: AF frame)

    During AF (blue frame: AF frame during tracking)

    During AF (blue frame: AF frame during tracking)

    Tracking faces or eyes across the entire area

  2. Tracking across a limited area

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    Whole area tracking Servo AF: Off

    AF starts in the selected AF area, and continues tracking only near that specific area.
    If [Subject to detect] is set to anything other than [None], the camera will focus on the subject detected near the AF area.

    (Gray frame: AF frame, blue frame: AF tracking frame)

    AF in selected AF area and position

  3. Locking the AF area without tracking (whole area tracking off)

    With this setting, the camera continues to focus on the position where the AF area is set without tracking.
    This option is useful for photographing with the AF frame locked. (Subject will not be detected.)

Instructions – Reference

Scenes with multiple players

In sports scenes where there are multiple players, a narrow AF area setting such as 1-point AF is useful for initial focusing to start tracking your desired subject.

When the camera focuses on an unwanted subject in a large AF area setting

Large AF area settings such as Flexible Zone AF sometimes focus on unwanted subjects. In this case, it can be useful to combine this setting with register people priority or action priority.