Sony A7 III - Touch Focus Explained In Detail with Demo in Lab
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- In this quick tutorial style video I will explain how the touch focus feature works on the Sony A7 III camera (geni.us/uM65AJp or geni.us/DAvFFe6). All the various Sony camera features work about the same from camera to camera however, so this tutorial will work for any Sony camera with touch focus. Some slight feature differences might apply, but overall it will be the same.
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Had my 7III for several weeks and poring over all sorts of videos and articles - yours was absolutely the best to show how this works. The 'show and tell' was perfect, and I finally get it! Thanks so much.
I agree. I tried messing around with it, but it never really worked well for me. This video cleared up some of the mistakes I was making.
All these years I’ve been using this camera complaining there wasn’t a touch screen focusing option..!!!! 😅 You just changed my life lol!!! Thank you so much for this video!
Thanks for sharing and touch to focus is a game changer, especially when recording video :)
Me too!! 😂😂
I've had my A7III for nearly a year and I'm just now learning this. Thanks!
You are very welcome and thank you for the comments and kind words Sky ;)
Mine is more than 2 years! And i just dig it with this channel 😅
I had the A7III for 3 months and I didn't know it had touch screen!!! And I really needed to change my focus point in this way! Thank you so much!
make it two of us.
@@deanudin three of us
6 months here! lol
Excellent! I was tired of using joystick to move focus point to the desired place. This video just solves the issue. Thanks a bunch! You're a savior! 😬
This is possibly the best piece of information I've seen on RUclips!
Well thank you so much for those very kind comments :)
Got here because I googled nose triggering focus point. This video solved it!
worked like a charm thanks
Very helpful
Well explained, Jay. Sony should have enabled touch to “turn auto focus on” and “release shutter” for photography mode. Olympus and Fuji have had this feature.
Exactly. I come from an Olympus, and l miss the touch shutter very much.
Tanks so much, you’re good at explaining in simple understandable way
You saved me man. What a stupid thing to keep the setting in seperate tabs. I thought my screen was broken.
Thank you so much for helping me with this, only just moved to Sony. Best wishes and thanks again.
Thank you. Came in handy today during day 1 of filmmaking training :)
Thanks so much for this video! Finally I managed to fix my AF!
You're welcome!
Goodness, thank you, I had no idea about touch operations and the first second of this video helped me tremendously!!
You're welcome!
Thank you, just learned something new and really helpful today!
Thank you, this video just helped me out a lot.
You're welcome!
Thank you very much for showing us how to achieve the results we need... It's only taken me about a year to realise just how to set the touch focus .. I appreciate your tutorial.. Thank you...
I'm glad the tutorial helped you out Neville and thank you for the comments!
@@Jason_Hermann I've seen others record with A7iii and whatever they touch during touch focus, actually shows a box as a guide? Any idea how? Thanks!
Thanks Jason, you are the man!
Nice man. My tipes of videos.short and verry explained.
Excellent! You help me a lot with my first day with the camera!
Great to hear!
3:56 you say that the touchscreen stays when in flexible spot. It does if you only tap it but you can touch and drag and the focus position moves around. It’s much better than having to use the joystick!
Thank you so much. I couldn’t find this detailed information anywhere and you just clarified it in its entirety for me. Greatly appreciated.
Great video. Incredibly helpful
thanks for the in depth explanation, like!!
Thanks dude!
Great video, thanks for the help!!
Thank you for the comments and I'm really glad it helped you out!
thank you dood!!!
Super helpful video. Thank you so much.
Well explained especially with the details. Thanks.
Excellent tutorial. Short and informative. Thanks 😊
Glad it was helpful and you are very welcome Steve ;)
Good explanation.
Wow!! No one could have explained it better🔥🔥 Thank You sooo much.
Glad you liked it!
C4 is a good button for switching touch screen on and off I find.
you are godsent sir ! This tutorial is going to take my videos to the next level thank you !
Glad to hear that thank you :)
Very helpful tutorial and more importantly, straight to the point. Subscribed !
Thank you very much!
Fantastic information!... Thank you, Jay! :)
Thank you so much for valuable information.
Love the video! I just got the A7III and absolutely love this functionality - how amazing! Thanks for explaining. Love your other videos too, very informative.
thank you very much!
Amazing video, thank you.
Wow! It's awesome! Like the other guys before me have said: I have wandering out some time without knowing about this feature. It's like having available a light saber instead of a rod, or a fighting jet instead of a bike. I really appreciate that. I really subscribed on your channel. Thank you. Take care you too.
Thank you Wilson ;) Jay
Very useful, thank you! You just got a new subscription 🙏
Thanks for the sub!
Thank you Jay, another helpful video!
Thank you so much, very well explained
You are very welcome John ;)
thanks!!!
You're welcome!
Explained well
Thank you!
Hi, could you please make a video about the picture profiles of sony cameras and related setting? Thanks!
Thank you for this video I really need this so I could enjoy my new camera!👍
Awesome, and thanks for the comments :)
Thank you. That was very helpful!
Glad it was helpful and thank you for the comments!
Thank you for the video
Thanks for watching!
This is awesome to know, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent vid mate, just what I was trying to work out👍
Awesome, thanks!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thanks for explanation
Happy to help ;)
Excellent
Very helpful broThanks for this tutorial~!
No problem and thank you for the nice comments Arvind :)
Thanks!
Pro tip- click the dial in to cancel the focus
A lot of the time I don’t mean to press it, and I can’t hit the top right cancel button with my finger that quickly
Great guide, thanks!
Thank you ;)
Basically it's touch to select auto focus point not to focus, if you want tap to auto focus you need to activate centre lock - on AF
This is great! Just bought an A7iii and this helped alot... The only thing I would like to know is: How do you get the camera to make a sound when focusing is achieved? In auto focus, mine doesn't make the beeping sound that I'm used to :(
MENU → (Camera Settings2) → [Audio signals] → ON
@@Jason_Hermann ah thanks so much!
great video.
Thanks!
Great video. One glitch I ran into was that it won't focus on the touch point if you use joystick as AF button. :(
Thanks for the comments! The joystick only moves the af point around as far as I know, so this is normal behavior for the camera.
@@Jason_Hermann Sorry for not making it clear. You can actually set custom key so that when you press joystick it will do the AF.
I noticed the same behavior on my Sony a73 when the joystick is set to AF on (the center press) then it will not focus only if I use the AF on button for back button focus it will focus in that touch area that seems to be a bug in the firmware. I used the af-on Button for eye-af and the center press on the joystick for af-on. The new firmware will free up the eye-af button, so switched it now as I find touch focus the best use of a touch screen in digital cameras. My canon eos m6 does this perfectly, even with tracking after touch-focusing.
good one! thanks
Hello! Thank you for this video. How can I set the camera so that when I press the screen, it also focuses to that point at the same press? With these instructions, I can only move the focus point, and then I still have to do a half shutter press to focus there.
You need to have pre AF enabled. And of course you need to be in AF-C mode.
Thanks for all your efforts. I tried all the things you suggested BUT enabling false focus and manually throwing the focus ring is so much faster. I have been shooting since ‘81 and professionally since ‘89. May I suggest to everyone to practice focusing manually.. no intent on taking photos,, just throw the ring clockwise and counter clockwise to build muscle memory as if you are practicing scales on a guitar. You’ll be better off. This is how the pro focus pullers do it when shooting film.
Manual focusing is not faster than touch focus unless you are the flash. Use common sense when replying to someone video, understand the context and understand the audience that the video is intended.
Thank you so much
Perfect tutorial thanks
Hey Jay, that was great! I just changed my setting from Absolute to Relative, so thanks for that- it should help. Also, I didn't know about canceling via the little on screen icon- cool! I noticed that that only works when using the screen though, not when engaging the EVF. One thing I have trouble with is for the screen to even register my touch, but I am used to that problem from using other devices. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Thank you for the comments and I'm glad the video helped you learn a few new tricks ;) Thanksgiving was great thanks, and I hope yours was as well...
Whaat?! @ years in and I didn't know this.
Gee great so easy good report so easy thanks stay safe see ya
Thank you!
Thankyou
You’re welcome 😊
Is this for video mode only? I thought the biggest complaint about the a7iii was you can’t touch to focus and take a picture with the touchscreen?
Thanks for the instruction. One question. When you hold the camera horizontal, all good. But when I hold it vertical, my nose would still interfere with the touch pad. How do you set touch focus for separately for horizontal and vertical?
Coming from Nikon there is a quick way to switch from auto ISO to whatever fixed ISO I had is there a way to do that with Sony without scrolling through all the iso options 100 200 400 etc?
thanks for all your help love your videos
No easy way that I know of, and I love that feature on the Nikon!! The only way to do it with 1-click I know of would be using the custom memory modes... One with Auto, and one Non Auto... Happy New Year!
Does the lens matter for touch focus? Like using an adapter and nikon lenses?
Hey! Thanks for the video. For some reason I cannot use the focus touching the screen, even after all the set ups, any idea why? Thanks!
Does it allow to touch n see photos. In frono video I just saw him see the pic after taking n then slide out on screen .. hmmm
What to do if I followed each step and settings exactly as you’ve shown and still don’t get touch screen to work. No little hand icon.
I DO have a screen protector on touch screen...would this stop touch screen from working??
Hi Jay, thanks for your thoughtful, helpful short tutorial. Excellent. I am still learning and have three questions related to the touch auto-focus that I would like to ask you about. I am shooting video. 1. Sometimes the touch screen stops working. I must unintentionally turn it off. How am I be doing that? 2. When I use touch screen I see the icon switch between AF-C and MF. Why? What does that mean? 3. My camera is five years old. I used see a little focus box on the screen that I could move by touch or using the 'joystick' -- I don't know how I activated it and I can't find it. Can you tell me what it was, by this description? Did it disappear in a software upgrade? I'll leave a tip in your tip jar or via patreon. Thanks again!
I believe I saw some reviews comparing the A7III to other cameras like the EOS R and I could swear they said a downside of the A7III was the lack of touch. Do Canons do touch some other way or am I mistaken?
Yeah, you can use touch to navigate the menus and stuff on the Canon's and others but not the Sony...
@@Jason_Hermann ooo I see. But I guess the sony still has touch to focus
Thanks for the great video! I do have a question: I'm shooting video. When I turn the "center lock-on AF" off, the focus square disappears and I can't see where the focus point is. Is there a solution for this?
Sick
Although I prefer viewing my image using the larger LCD on my A7iii, I do like the capability of my A6600 to focus and shoot using the touch screen. I also like using a stylus rather than my finger because IMO the stylus is more accurate in selecting the focus point.
I especially like the A6600 and stylus when shooting a series of images for focus stacking...
nice work.. i would like to have a person that moves.. and you try to focus at it.. more real contitions..
subbed!!!!!
Thank you very much!!
Thank you for the information. Do you know if touchscreen autofocus works in video mode? For me, it works for stills but not video.
Why isn't the menu touch supported when they already put the touch panel on there?
No idea, but on the newest models it is....
How do I take a picture by clicking on the screen?
Thanks dear
I'm missing something - touch focus works on the LCD but doesn't work when I view the EVF. I have all the settings shown in the video. When going to the EVF of course the LCD turns off, so wondering how it could be picking up touch - in any case how to get this to work, as I love touch focus and need to use the EVF.
I'm sorry Charlie I'm not sure what you are missing either. Perhaps if it's not too daunting of a task, factory reset the camera and then try it again?
The touch pad is clumsy when I use it with the EVF. For some reason sometimes it's not activating. Same settings as yours
Hello, Perhaps your nose is touching the screen and the camera thinks the pad is activated already?
@@Jason_Hermann 😂
@@jheelan It happens to me, so I figured it was possible ;)
Thank bro a,m sri lanka
Does this work with back button focusing? I’ve followed your video and it doesn’t seem to work
Touch focus is very slow in my case... AF track sens is set to high. After I touch a spot it takes like 2-3 seconds before the A7iii starts to focus. What do I wrong? Pre AF is on
Why are you touching the shutter button? If you have to touch the shutter button, then it's not really "touch screen focusing" right? ? So it's really just setting a spot, but not actually focusing? It doesn't seem to do any focusing until you touch the shutter button?
Yes, that is correct. However, you can have have touch to shutter enabled and then the camera will focus and fire when you touch the screen.
@@Jason_Hermann and How do we do this? What settings needs to be changed.
PLEASE do more video tutorials for this camera :D
Thanks for the comment and anything in particular you are looking for as far as Sony A7 III tutorials?
Hi, I just got my a7iii today, for stills, I have tried the settings which you have explained in this video but whenever I touch the area I want to focus, it does not focus, on the screen two things pops up, one is "focus cancel" and the other is the hand symbol but the area does not get focused. Am I suppose the press the shutter button to focus that area ? Or just touching the area should focus ? I am just making sure that I did not get a safe give unit. :) thanks!!
When using AF-S or AF-A focus mode the camera only focuses when you press the shutter half way when taking photos. However if turn on Pre-AF in the menu the camera should focus when you touch around. Also, if you are using AF-C Mode it will be continuously focusing and should change when you touch the screen. What you are actually doing with the touch to focus is setting the focus area to where you touched, not actually focusing per say. But it depends on the mode... When recording video, the focus will automatically change to where you touch, because it is in AF-C Mode when recording. You can also change the touch to focus option to tracking, and that will automatically change the focus even when taking photos without pressing the shutter halfway.
@@Jason_Hermann Thanks Jay, I have put the pre AF on and also put the mode to AF C, still.does not focus on touch. I might have to return the camera then, looks like this is faulty.
Yeh, that is weird for sure. If you touch the shutter button down half way does it then focus?
@@Jason_Hermann yes then it focuses the area which I touched. Put it does not focus after I touch the screen.
@@gchandra3075 Which lens are you using?