without changing your holding position.
1.MENU → 
(Custom Settings) → [Custom Key Settings] → button to be assigned → [AF/MF Control Hold] or [AF/MF Ctrl Toggle].
Menu item details
AF/MF Control Hold:
Switches the focusing mode while the button is held down.
AF/MF Ctrl Toggle:
Switches the focusing mode until the button is pressed again.
Note
You cannot set the [AF/MF Control Hold] function to [Left Button], [Right Button] or [Down Button].
[62]How to Use Using shooting functions
AF Illuminator (still image)
Adjusting the focus
The AF illuminator supplies fill light to focus more easily on a subject in dark surroundings. The red AF illuminator allows the product to focus easily when the shutter button is pressed halfway, until the focus is locked.
1. MENU → 
(Camera Settings) → [
AF Illuminator] → desired setting.
Menu item details
Auto (default setting):
Uses the AF illuminator.
Off:
Does not use the AF illuminator.
Note
Focus is achieved as long as the AF illuminator light reaches the subject, regardless of whether light fails to reach the center of the subject.
You cannot use [
AF Illuminator] in the following situations:
In movie mode
In [Sweep Panorama] mode
When [Focus Mode] is set to [Continuous AF].
