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Focusing by touching the lcd screen (spot focus), Focusing on a detected face (face detection), P. 40) – Sony a6400 Mirrorless Camera User Manual

Page 40: Adjusting the focus ( continued)

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You can focus on the point where you touch
on the LCD screen.

1

Press the MENU button

D

.

2

Select

(CAMERA

SET)

t

[SPOT FOCUS].

3

Touch the point to be focused on
the LCD screen.

b

Note

• [SPOT FOCUS] is available only with manual

focus.

To cancel the spot focus

Press the MENU button

D

.

The camcorder detects faces and focuses on
one of them (default setting is [ON]).
[FACE DETECTION] is available only
with automatic focus.

1

Press the MENU button

D

.

2

Select

(CAMERA

SET)

t

[FACE DETECTION]

t

[ON].

When a face is detected, a gray face
detection frame is displayed. When auto
focusing is possible, a white frame is
displayed. If phase detection AF is

enabled, a green frame is displayed
when in focus.

To set face detection

Move the selection cursor (orange colored
underline) to select the priority face, then
press the

v

/

V

/

b

/

B

/SET button.

The frame on the priority face changes
to a double frame.

To cancel the priority face

Move the selection cursor to the priority
face frame, then press the

v

/

V

/

b

/

B

/SET

button to cancel the priority face.

b

Notes

• Faces may not be detected depending on the

recording environment, the condition of the
subject or the settings.

• You may not be able to get the proper effect in

some recording environments. If this happens,
set [FACE DETECTION] to [OFF].

• Face detection is disabled in the following

cases.

– When using Clear Image Zoom
– When using Digital Zoom
– When using NightShot

• For details about limitations of face detection,

see “Function limitations when recording”
(p. 156)
and “Slow & Quick Motion and Super
Slow Motion recording limitations” (p. 157)
.

• When [LOCK-ON AF] is set to [ON], the

selection cursor is not displayed, and a priority
face cannot be selected.

Focusing by touching the LCD
screen (Spot Focus)

Focusing on a detected face
(Face Detection)

Selection cursor (orange)

Priority face frame
(double frame)

Adjusting the focus (Continued)