The ONLY VIDEO You Need to MASTER SONY AUTOFOCUS!

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Chapters
00:00 Sharp Intro
00:19 Focus Modes EXPLAINED
01:57 Manual Focus: A Practical Example
03:20 Focus Areas EXPLAINED
03:35 Best FOCUS Technique for Beginners!
04:11 Touch Focus Options
05:04 Zone Area & Example
06:20 Center Fix
06:34 Expand Spot Focusing EXPLAINED
06:53 Lock On AF & Tracking Autofocus EXPLAINED
07:30 Focus Settings YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF
08:42 Face & Eye AF
10:30 Subject Recognition AI Autofocus & Why You DON'T Need It!
12:06 4 BEST PRACTICES for Better Focus!
13:23 Another hit vid, thanks Squarespace!
13:59 Post Credits

[cranemon]

I would just add that in continuous AF mode, you can very quickly get a centre spot focus by pressing the centre button in the circular dial. Extremely useful when continuous AF is not locking on to the correct subject, and you don’t have time to dig through the focus menu to change it.

[natepotter]

One more thing for your viewers to know: if you're having trouble getting focus in low light in AF-C mode, try switching to AF-S. In AF-S, the camera very quickly fully opens the aperture to allow as much light as possible, thereby potentially improving AF performance quite a bit. Oh, and DMF mode is AWESOME, allows you to auto-focus, then tweak manually.

[soapa]

lmao I nearly died at that dope ass mother focus area

[panhandlejake]

DMF: Direct Manual Focus. Helps make manual focusing a little faster.

[DutchDiederik]

DMF stands for Direct Manual Focus. It is essentially AF with MF control enabled, meaning focus can be manually adjusted after the camera did its autofocus thing. It's meant for macro or portrait photography where precise focus is required. A best-of-both-worlds kind of thing.

[grafiki]

wanted to take the time to recognize the amazing value that you bring to the community. As a self taught photo enthusiast it has been challenging and overwhelming to learn about the photo theory as well as the Sony tech. but the format that you present as well as your enthusiasm really keeps bringing me back to learn more and more. Thanks for all your hard work and commitment to your passion :)

[RyanPerrella]

3:10 DMF is one of my favorite features of Sony cameras, it was selectable on its own dial on the RX1, i like it for identifying and capturing a target, then i can fine tune it.
DMF can now always be on via a switch on some Sony G lenses, cool feature for those that like manual control for fine tuning an autofocused subject without any button or menu hunting, just twist focus.
Works well with peaking.

[TVe]

I have DMF on one of my tele lenses. For bird photos I always use AF-C. When af struggles for small birds into trees it is excellent to fine adjust with the MF ring.

[RyanPerrella]

8:18 THANK YOU for describing what this feature i always saw in my menu’s actually meant, it sounds pretty cool if say in landscape you always shoot cars and focus wide, but when you just rotate the camera, that itself alters the focus subject for something shot vertically like a human.

[michaelmiller]

Love, love, LOVE this video! So incredibly helpful. Thank you! Maybe you could do a similar one on metering modes?

[joseg]

How do you record your camera screen ?

[Nicolas-wts]

Hi Jason, i have an a7r 4 and i am photoshooting irises with a macro lens. what focus should i use to get the best iris focus and picture? i don't want the eyelash to disturb disturb the picture/focus. am i able to use AF? what shutter, ISO and settings should i follow?

[VJF]

I use DMF as my go to. I shoot in a wooded area quite often. I have missed too many shots because my camera grabbed a tree, leaf, rock, or anything we else. With DMF I could correct it immediately without spooking the critter I want a photo of.
There may be a better method that I haven't found, but this works for me.

[Olexanderko]

I was using DMF since Olympus. This is very useful in case Macro or night photography. OR a lot of same object where camera don't know which one you like to picture

[edwuano]

was not expecting the tip on the AF illuminator, but im so glad i watched this video. i hate that damn light!

[GAGPalia]

I was a Big DMF ....
Shooter when I used NEX-6.
Also it is Direct Manual Focus

[stinkothestooleater]

Super helpful. I purchased an a6100 to get back into photography after a 2 year hiatus, and cannot seem to get anything into focus. I had always just used manual focus on my school provided canon, but my kit lens doesn't have a manual focus ring, so now I know what I need to do!

[anthonypepito]

I can not find the Face & Eye AF anywhere in the menu like you shown in the video. What mode should I be in? I was in Manual mode.

[chitung]

Dmf, to let camera try to focus first, then user can fine tune afterwards

[CGphotoOp]

DMF = direct manual focus

It’s the only thing I use for nature shots. It magnifies when moving the focus ring so I can micro focus .