Tapping the Monitor to Focus (Touch AF/AE)

The touch shooting setting can be changed from Touch shutter (default setting) to Touch AF/AE.

Tap a subject in the monitor to select the area at which the camera focuses. Press the shutter-release button halfway to lock focus and exposure for the area tapped, and press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to take the picture.

1 Tap the touch shooting control.

The menu of the touch shooting setting is displayed in the monitor.

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2Tap s(Touch AF/AE).

xis displayed at right in the monitor in shooting mode.

Touch shutter

3 Tap the subject at which the camera focuses.

uor a double border will be displayed at the area tapped.

When digital zoom is applied, the focus area cannot be selected.

Mode (Auto) APlayback: and Photography Basic

To disable the focus area selection, tap adisplayed at right in the monitor.

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If a position at which focus cannot be acquired is tapped, Xwill be displayed in the monitor. Tap another position inside X.

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4Press the shutter-release button to take a picture.

Press the shutter-release button halfway to acquire focus and exposure and press it all the way down to release the shutter.

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