Always been intrigued by Sony's AF as a Nikon shooter, looking for a smaller form factor camera I Can always have with me along with a couple primes, ideally a 50 mil and a 20something and an 85, handled the A6700 a couple times and the size looks perfect, the AF seemed amazing but the EVF tiny and I didn't have enough time to figure how to move the focus point with a physical control, how does that work?
How long before Sony updates the APS-C sensor cameras?
I don't usually try that approach with mine. It doesn't have a joystick. Doesn't mean you can't I just don't recall. Might be able to have touch points on the rear panel? Usually I'll have it set up to put the focus box over an item, use "back button focus," press AF-On, then recompose.
Sony doesn't seem to have a predictable schedule for aps-c updates. The A6700 was released 8 months after the A7Rv, the A7CR two months after that..
that's exactly what I read, you can pick the focus point with a finger on the rear screen which won't fit my way to handle a camera, I also use the back button AF on all of my cameras but I can't make without a decent viewfinder and the ability to pick the focus point and that's what keeps me hoping in a new release with that addressed.
On my A6700: with Touch Operation turned OFF, if I push the center button on the back wheel the single focus point changes to also show arrows around it. You can then use the four click points on the wheel to move the focus point to where ever you want it to be. Push the center button again to complete OR just leave it in that mode and back button focus will still work which allows you to continue to use the 4 clicks on the back dial to move the point whenever you want. All visible in the view finder as well as on the back screen.
Hi this is what my A6700 set up is for moving the focus spot –
In the Custom key/dial set of the menu, I set the center button of the Control Dial to Focus Standard
When one of the spot focus points (e.g. large, medium or small) is selected – depressing the center button will show 4 directions around the frame of the focus area.
Then you can then move the focus frame to where you want it, by pressing the top/bottom/left/right side of the control wheel. Your selection is confirmed/locked when you press the center of the control wheel once more.
Want to move the focus spot somewhere else – repeat the above.
The process of using the Control dial is easy when viewing through the viewfinder
I prefer this method to using the touch function to move the focus point, because it’s too east to move it inadvertently with your nose why looking through the viewfinder
For me, the lack of an AF joystick is the A6700 biggest weakness. ( This is followed closely by the flippy screen, single card slot and lack of any control dials for basic photo functions.) I am mainly a BBF portrait shooter and bought the A6700 to have a smaller setup to my A7RIV and Batis primes.
Having to push a button surrounded by a control wheel to move the focus point drove me nuts. As I have XL hands I always seem to hit the side of the control wheel too, so instead of moving the focus point I mistakenly changed the drive mode, display screen or WB. Sony seems to think that their subject detection is so good that a photographer does not need a joystick. I disagree and sold most of the Sony Apsc setup I had purchased.
Instead I bought a Fuji X-T5, a wonderful smaller camera with twin card slots, a AF joystick and full set of dials for controlling the needed parameters when taking photos. Plus a WAY BETTER EVF and a 3 way tilting LCD screen, just perfect for street and travel photography. And Fuji has a great set of compact all metal, weather resistant f2 primes with aperature rings that are 1/2 the cost of Sony options at f2.5 or f2.8.
I am now into my 9th week of a trip to Thailand and just love the Fuji setup. OK Sony’s AF Eye control is a bit more accurate. But I have a hit ratio over 95% on this trip with the Fuji setup, maybe with my A7RIV it would have been 98%. The small size of the Fuji setup is just great and actually my favorite and most used lens on this trip is the 27mm (40mm FF eq) Voigtlander Ultron, a MF pancake lens. The MF aids on the Fuji, that Sony lacks, makes using a MF lens easier.
GiovanniAprea wrote:
Always been intrigued by Sony's AF as a Nikon shooter, looking for a smaller form factor camera I Can always have with me along with a couple primes, ideally a 50 mil and a 20something and an 85, handled the A6700 a couple times and the size looks perfect, the AF seemed amazing but the EVF tiny and I didn't have enough time to figure how to move the focus point with a physical control, how does that work?
How long before Sony updates the APS-C sensor cameras?
Thank you
You should also look at the A7CII and the A7CR, which both are about as small as the a6700, but are full-frame and with more complete sets of controls.
chiron wrote: GiovanniAprea wroteAlways been intrigued by Sony's AF as a Nikon shooter, looking for a smaller form factor camera I Can always have with me along with a couple primes, ideally a 50 mil and a 20something and an 85, handled the A6700 a couple times and the size looks perfect, the AF seemed amazing but the EVF tiny and I didn't have enough time to figure how to move the focus point with a physical control, how does that work?
How long before Sony updates the APS-C sensor cameras?
Thank youYou should also look at the A7CII and the A7CR, which both are about as small as the a6700, but are full-frame and with more complete sets of controls.
Where's the more complete set of controls? The cII/r have one more dial accessible on back and the 6700 has one more custom button. Both set focus points the same way (touch screen or back wheel).
freaklikeme wrote: chiron wroteGiovanniAprea wroteAlways been intrigued by Sony's AF as a Nikon shooter, looking for a smaller form factor camera I Can always have with me along with a couple primes, ideally a 50 mil and a 20something and an 85, handled the A6700 a couple times and the size looks perfect, the AF seemed amazing but the EVF tiny and I didn't have enough time to figure how to move the focus point with a physical control, how does that work?
How long before Sony updates the APS-C sensor cameras?
Thank youYou should also look at the A7CII and the A7CR, which both are about as small as the a6700, but are full-frame and with more complete sets of controls.Where's the more complete set of controls? The cII/r have one more dial accessible on back and the 6700 has one more custom button. Both set focus points the same way (touch screen or back wheel).
The extra dial is a major factor for me, a basic component of manual exposure with exposure compensation, which can't be done as well with the a6700 controls. YMMV.
Instead of moving the focusing point another potential approach is to use the 'focus tracking' mode, where the focusing point is initially set to the center, then you frame your subject to the middle, half press the shutter button to track it, and move your camera to recompose your shot.
That’s what I do on my 6700. No need to move the focus point.
kenwood wrote:
Instead of moving the focusing point another potential approach is to use the 'focus tracking' mode, where the focusing point is initially set to the center, then you frame your subject to the middle, half press the shutter button to track it, and move your camera to recompose your shot.