How Auto Focus has Evolved on the a7R iii in the Past 4 Years?

The AF speed has increased, the Sony a7Riii has become tenacious it will not let go of a face. AF has become much smoother, before you would get a shimmering If you have turned off face detect, obj tracking and touch spot focus, when you want the camera to continuously [AF-C] auto focus over the entire frame [Wide], basically allowing you to concentrate on other things besides focus, the area is heavily center weighted meaning it places priority on high contrast objects in the center of the frame, if something is around the edge of the frame that is higher contrast and closer, it will still focus on the center items. With af turned on you can press the shutter half way down to snap to the nearest high contrast obj, unless movie w/shutter is turned on If you want to focus on an object (no face) outside the center weighted area then use obj tracking/flexible spot or use Touch spot focus a7s: With face detect turned off, it would only focus on a small portion of the center of the frame regardless if the area set to wide, once an object leaves that small area it focus to the back wall Buy my 5 hour course on the a7R iii   ...

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Published By: Learning DSLR Video - Wednesday, 2 May, 2018