Help Guide

Help Guide

Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera

ILCE-1 α1

Right/Left Eye Select (still image/movie)

Sets whether to focus on the left eye or right eye when [ Face/Eye Subject] is set to [Human] or [Animal].

Menu item details

Auto:

The camera automatically detects either the left eye or right eye.

Right Eye:

The right eye of the subject (the eye on the left side from the photographer’s perspective) is detected.

Left Eye:

The left eye of the subject (the eye on the right side from the photographer’s perspective) is detected.

[Switch Right/Left Eye] by custom key

You can also switch the eye to be detected by pressing the custom key.

When [

Right/Left Eye Select] is set to [Right Eye] or [Left Eye], you can switch the eye to be detected by pressing

the custom key to which you have assigned the [Switch Right/Left Eye] function.

When [

Right/Left Eye Select] is set to [Auto], you can temporarily switch the eye to be detected by pressing the

custom key to which you have assigned the [Switch Right/Left Eye] function.

The temporary left/right selection is cancelled when you perform the following operations, etc. The camera returns to

automatic eye detection.

Pressing the center of the control wheel

Pressing the center of the multi-selector

Stopping pressing the shutter button halfway down (only during still image shooting)

Stopping pressing the custom key to which [AF On] or [Eye AF] is assigned (only during still image shooting)

Pressing the MENU button

Hint

When [

Face/Eye Frame Disp.] is set to [On], the eye detection frame appears around the eye you selected using [

Right/Left Eye Select] or [Switch Right/Left Eye] with the custom key.