3Movie Menu Function Settings

If you want to hold the focus at a certain point or avoid recording the lens operation noise before or during movie shooting, you can temporally stop Movie Servo AF by performing one of the operations below. When you stop Movie Servo AF, the AF point will turn gray. When you perform the same operation below again, Movie Servo AF will resume.

Tap the [ ] icon on the lower left of the screen.

Press the <D> button.

If [6: Shutter/AE lock button] is set to [2: AF/AF lock, no AE

lock] in the [54: Custom Functions (C.Fn)], Movie Servo AF will stop while you hold down the <A> button. When you let go of the <A> button, Movie Servo AF will resume.

While Movie Servo AF is stopped, if you press the <M> button, <x> button etc. and then return to movie shooting, Movie Servo AF will resume.

For cautions when [Movie servo AF] is set to [Enable], see page 202.

When [Disable] is set:

You can focus only when the shutter button is pressed halfway.

AF with shutter button during k(movie recording)

When you press the shutter button while shooting a movie, you can shoot a still photo. The default setting is [ONE SHOT].

When [ONE SHOT] is set:

You can refocus and shoot a still photo by pressing the shutter button halfway while shooting a movie.

When shooting a static subject (not moving), you can perform shooting in precise focus.

When [Disable] is set:

You can immediately start shooting a still photo by pressing the shutter button, even though focus is not achieved. It is effective when you want give priority to the shutter chance rather than to focus.

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