Choosing the Subject to Focus On (Touch AF)

You can choose a specific subject or person's face, or a location on the screen, to focus on and shoot.

Choose the subject, face or location to focus on. Touch the subject or person shown on the screen. When the AF frame mode is set to [Face Detect], the camera will beep and display when it detects the subject. The camera will continue to focus even if the subject moves. When the AF frame mode is set to [Fixed frame], an AF frame will appear at the location where you touch the screen. To cancel, touch .

Press the shutter button halfway. The frame where the camera focused will change into a green . Press the shutter button fully to shoot

What if Touch AF is not available?

You can activate Touch AF by touching on the screen to change it to . You can also touch FUNC, then MENU to choose [Touch Shutter] in the tab and choose [Off].

A border appeared around the screen when it was touched

Touch operations on faces or subjects appearing outside the border will not work.

They will work if the face or subject move inside the border.

• The camera may not be able to track the subject if the subject is too small, moves too quickly or if the contrast between the subject and the background is too low.

• When shooting in or   with the AF frame mode set to [Face Detect], choosing a location to focus on returns the camera to .