6-6 Ball Sports: Tennis

This setting is for tennis photography, where subjects move quickly from side to side.

Tennis Setting List
AF operation Servo AF
AF area Flexible Zone AF/1-point AF
Orientation-linked AF point Separated AF points
Whole area tracking Servo AF Enable
Subject to detect People
Eye detection Auto
Servo AF characteristics Case Auto
Case Auto Characteristics 0/-1
Servo 1st image priority Equal priority
Lens electronic MF Enable (actual size)

[Flexible zone AF] or [1-point AF] is recommended for [AF area].

Because of the subjects move quickly from side to side, [Whole area tracking Servo AF] to set [Enable] makes framing easier and adjust the composition.

If the AF frame moves to an unintended subject, you can prevent unintended movement by changing the [Whole area tracking Servo AF] setting from [Enable] to [Disable].

Selecting a slightly wider [AF area] such as [Expand AF area] helps keep the subject in the AF area.

If the player tends to slip out of the AF area, it may be useful to set the [Case Auto characteristics] to [Locked on: -1] can help suppress focus switching.

Also, using [Register people priority] can make it easier to capture your desired subject.

* For details, see Chapter 3.