A6300 - How to choose focus point, or Face?

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franzschuier

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I tested the camera at a local store, as I would have use for a BCam to my A7s2.
Liked a lot about it, but the main concern I have is - usability of the AF System while shooting.
The only way I found to change focus points/area or face to be tracked involved 3 Button presses
incl. going into functions menu and then the menu itself. I didnt find out how to just switch between two tracked faces f.e.
This destroys the usefulness of the great AF for me.

Any user here with a good/usable config to control/change what the AF system focuses on while filming?
 
You can program one of the buttons to go into the focus selection. You'll still have to use the arrows to go through them and choose the one you'd like, turn a certain option on/off, choose the size of a box, etc., but it beats going into the actual menus.

You can also program just face tracking to a button as well.

The programmability flexibility of the Sony mirrorless cameras is in the top 5 reasons why I buy them.
 
I use the wide setting and switch to face recognition when tracking a single person only. I'm getting the best results with the Sony zeiss 24mm f1.8 it's truly amazing even at f2.8. But if you think there is some setting that will magically work in all situations then as allways you are **** out of luck. All the most important tools you have are still protruding from your neck.
 
Working good! With face detection 'on', does the box on your screen stay on a face or does it disappear and reappear a lot?
 
Here are my general observations:

if you pull up the rule of thirds grid on the camera the box in the middle is thje area that the AF "likes"
It doesn't mean that you need to center the object but a little tiny bit of it needs to be in the box.
Face detect will override this tendency and ail;l hold focus even when the tip of the nose has left the center box.
If you are tracking a person surrounded by other faces switch face detect off keep the person closest to the camera and make sure a part of them is in the center square at all times.
The camera "pulls" focus very naturally from a close object to a far object, the other way round it takes some time for it to "find the close object . especially in extreme closeup situations with shallow DOF.

Knowing these tendencies helps in getting better results.
 
The one thing I cant understand is that there is no one button press to switch between the faces the AF found.

But thnx for all suggestions
 
I think the Canon 1DX Mark II will do that with the joystick...switching faces.

Or you could just use the touchscreen.
 
yeah but I just sold my 1DC and all my canon Glass and I am not going back (size, cost, weight). And BTW the AF on the c300 mk2 is amazing as well, but thats not what we are talking about here, is it?
 
It's not, but a quick glance at the manual would also answer your question pretty quickly as well.
 
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