Help Guide

Help Guide

Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera

ILCE-1 α1

Face/Eye Prior. in AF (still image/movie)

Sets whether or not the camera detects faces or eyes inside the focus area while performing autofocus, and then

focuses on the eyes automatically (Eye AF).

Menu item details

On:

Focuses on the faces or eyes with priority if there are faces or eyes inside or around the designated focus area.

Off:

Does not prioritize faces or eyes when performing auto-focusing.

Hint

By combining the [

Face/Eye Prior. in AF] function with [ Focus Area] → [Tracking], you can maintain focus on a moving

eye or face.

When [Face/Eye Priority Select] is assigned to the desired key using [

Custom Key Setting] or [ Custom Key Setting], you

can switch the [

Face/Eye Prior. in AF] function on or off by pressing the key.

By assigning [Face/Eye Prio. Off Hold] or [Face/Eye Prio. Off Tggle.] to the desired key with [

Custom Key Setting], you can

switch [

Face/Eye Prior. in AF] to [Off] temporarily using the key.

Note

If the camera does not detect any faces or eyes inside or around the designated focus area, it will focus on another detectable

subject.

When the shooting mode is set to [Intelligent Auto], [

Face/Eye Prior. in AF] is locked to [On].