Choosing the Best Focus Area on your Sony Alpha Camera
In this tutorial I demonstrate the importance of choosing the appropriate Focus Area for the subject you are shooting. You will learn that there is no one best focus area (just the most appropriate Focus Area for your subject) and also when to choose one of the Lock-on AF Focus Area options.
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I have been a working professional photographer for 29 years, using Sony Alpha exclusively for the the last 5 years. I never stop learning useful things from your videos. I consider myself pretty tech savvy, but your understanding is on a different level. It's not just the tech, you have a great eye too. Very impressive Mark!
Thanks for taking the time to provide this positive feedback 👍
… and how are u going to cope when AI takes over professional photography? Pro looking Portraits being generated by AI for someone’s face- all they need to do is upload a few pics of their face. Even weddings will be taken over by AI cameras where people just wide angle point and shoot and it comes out looking professional, adding DOF & panning & cropping automatically
Fantastic, this cleared my doubts about wide and wide lock on, and when to use them ! Thank you again Mark.
Great, very concise guide again Mark. Thank you!
As always, wonderfully informative, clear, and useful. Thanks, Mark!
Just when I thought I'd mastered an aspect of my camera's slightly bewildering range of customizable features, along comes another of your comprehensive and well-explained videos and I realize my misunderstanding - in this instance I hadn't noticed that Eye AF works in AF-S too, rather than just from a custom button in AF-C. Thanks again!
For someone moving to Sony, this is another incredibly helpful and informative video. My thanks to you Mark. I have a feeling I'll be referring back to this one again. You produce excellent content. Thank you.
Thank you Mark for all the helpful info to get the best out of our cameras.
Thanks Mark... although I’ve been around the Sony systems for 5 years now, your tutorials not only tell me about features but also why some work and others don’t. My success rate has improved quite a bit since I started watching your videos. The thoroughness is exemplary. Cheers.
Mark, You consistently offer the clearest, most informative, and most helpful tutorials on the Sony Alpha system of anyone on KZhead. I really appreciate your efforts!
This is a great refresher (as I did watch the full 90-or-so minute video on focusing you previously posted). Thanks for helping the Sony shooters keep their skills sharp (no pun intended).
I really appreciate your willingness to help explain the ins and outs of the Sony systems in a clear and concise fashion. I also appreciate the fact you focus on education v. product promotion. Keep up the great work!
100x better than those run-off-the-mill 5 minute tutorials from those "popular" youtubers.
Always a pleasure learning from you Mark.
Fantastic video as always Mark, found this particularly helpful as I've been missing focus on a few birds-in-flight shots. Can't wait to put this into practice and get out shooting again!
Thank you Mark, very informative. Cannot wait to try out these new focus skills when I am on safari next month. Will be great to catch the wildlife instead of the flora around it this time.
Great video. Very concise and most informative. Thanks Mark.
I think this will be the first time I'm not skipping adds . Oh man this channel is a gold mine. Thanks Mark!
Thanks for this Mark! I have moved from Canon to Sony and learning a lot about my new camera thanks to you!
Thanks for the helpful video. Loved the motorcycle shot as well.
Most helpful video I have found to date to help me futher my knowledge of my A7iii. I will be going to your website. Thank you.
I watched you for the first time last night and liked it so much I'm watching this other great video of yours tonight.
Thank you, extremely helpful
Lots to learn and getting a lot closer with your excellent intro. Will check out the longer video on your website. Many thanks
Another great video Mark. I have learnt so much. Thank you
Awesome explanation mate. This is the best video on this topic.
So clear when you explain it...
That's awesome. Thank you for explaining.
Awesome! Very helpful information. Thanks Mark!
Thank you so much for your time and knowledge sharing of these videos. I am a converting Canon user and so appreciate how easy to understand your teaching style is.
Thanks a lot Mark! A very informative video on the focus system.
These videos are so helpful. Thank you.
Just moved to Sony and your video is a great help, thx.
Absolutely brilliant information. Helped me a lot. Thanks
Another excellent video presentation: thanks a lot.
Outstanding tutorial!!! Precise and understandable explanation! By far the best video i found that explains the capabilities of my sony alpha 7. Thank you so much!
Top notch!! Always a pleasure 🙏
This is very helpful and informative. A lot of others try to teach the subject matter; you succeed.
Best tutorial on this ever!
Thanks, another well explained video.
Wow. You really explained a lot for me. Not only do I have my C2 button mapped out to my focus systems, I understand when to use them. I’ll definitely check out the more in depth explanation, but this video really helped me out a lot.
You are the best camera expert; no doubt! Thank you so much ❤🙏🏻
Love your videos and the FB Group is Incredible.
Thank you. Very thorough and in-depth. You are not annoyingly padantic.
So useful. Thanks for taking the time to make these movies. I really can't understand why some peeps give a thumbs down, just daft
Terrific. Clear and comprehensive.
Thank you for the lesson 👌
Love your vids Mark.
Thanks again for a great learning video!
I cant imagine why anyone would give a thumbs down on this video. Just perfect. Thanks Mark!
Probably because I couldn’t say what needed to be said in under 3 minutes 😉
It’s a great video! I’d say one of the easiest to follow to help me with my Sony a7 Mark II.. thanks!
😂😂😂😂 49 peeps so far. They could be bots.
Probably Canon-Nikon fanboys-girls 😂😂😂
Unbelievable how advanced these digital cameras are. This video was helpful thank you
great short summary here Mark but the top photographers will want to watch the entire 1.5 hr Master Class for sure. keep it up
Great video Mark. Thank you!
Thank you didnt knew c2 was already assaigned. Sony did a great job i just had to switch iso to the center wheel and subject lock to the center button everything else was already mapped out good for me
excellent tutorial. Thanks so much.
perfect tutorial. Thank you so much !!
Great detail in all your video's!
I have watched so many videos where people try and explain the Sony focus system and none compare to yours. You know when you are dealing with an expert on a subject when they can explain a concept so simply. Thank you for putting this video together, you have a real talent for teaching.
Thanks for the positive feedback Phil. I used to be a senior lecturer in photography so preparing talks is something I have been comfortable with for a few decades now.
Thanks Mark, this was one of the most usable video I watch thill now, I really like your videos and this one is great, specially at the end, when you talk about the Eye AF e few other stuff, I really love the AF of my Camera, but I was having some troubles, because the camera was going to focus in a different subject that I pick, but with this video I finally understand some of the troubles I was having with my great camera and I will be able to correct that, so excited about it. I use to shoot on M only, but I do agree with you about use Aperture Priority mode, however, on A7III, I'm scare to death of the Exposure Comp. Dial, since it never stay still. When store or pick the camera from my bag, that thing always turn, but since I the camera on M mode, not a big deal, but if I decided to use Aperture Priority, that will be terrible if accidentally turns and I don't notice. Is it anyway to kind of disable that Dial, so it would not affect my Exposure?
Your motorcycle pics are phenomenal
This is the best focus tutorial on KZhead
Superb job is done sir. Thank you.
Thanks again Mark!
Mark, fantastic, thank you.
Helpful as always
Thank you Mark👍
Very helpful! Thanks.
Very informative,thank you
Awesome, thank you.
Great video Mark!
Thanks so much for the this 💕💕
You really nail these videos. You make me feel like a student again whenever I watch them, so many insightful lessons! You've earned a new sub!
Glad you like them!
Great video, Mark.
Your tutorials are SO comprehensive and concise that it just amazes me. What a breath of fresh air!! You have truly found your calling. Thank you so much for making it easier for us regular folks who just want to learn without a lot of extraneous silly or impertinent info. 😁
When I used to write text books I called them essential skills as I cut out the extraneous info (unfortunately for some I still have a lot to say about some topics). If Sony made the technology simpler I could perhaps make shorter movies 😉
I keep coming back to this video as its so concise and covers a wide range of situations WITH suggestion of possible solutions. I can't thank you enough for the clear explanations! It's always helped me so much!😌
Glad it was helpful!
I just want to thank you for your precious teaching. Thank you very much!
You're very welcome!
Mark, as usual great video and well detailed. Just to add on, if you are shooting an event or sports and you happen to use 2 different focus areas mostly, you can recall one focus area by customizing a recall button.
Excellent idea!
i had a lots of trouble autofocusing in low light when using medium spot focus area. i'll try some different modes. tnx
This was really helpful
Thanks
Thank u great information
Thank you for all the useful info Mark. BTW that motorcycle photo is absolutely stunning. I didn't know it was even possible.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! Thanks a lot.
That's so useful video that I have been looking for! Thanks Mark!
Glad it was helpful!
Superb video! Thank you, Mark! Very thorough and succinct.
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant!
Thank you!!
MARK GALER IS DA BOMB. Thanks Mark!
Thanks - I think
Awesome, comprehensive and easy to understand, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Your ability to demystify is outstanding! I'm going to try wide more often now. Thank you!!
Have fun!
Many thanks Mark for sharing this video. I learned stacks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Mark for your valuable wisdom! This was my problem keeping my subject in focus!
Glad it was helpful!
Great Mark
Very useful informations
I’ve been a patron for almost a year now, but I seem to continue to learn every day. THANKS!
Glad to hear it Michael! It is important to note that I only manage to get to 10% of the comments here on KZhead, so be sure to use the Q&A forum on Patreon.com/markgaler if you have nay questions relating to this video.
Best Video on youtube. I watched a lot
Cheers mark
GREAT VIDEO!!! HEADING TO YOUR WEBSITE.
I am so thankful for you! This is the problem i have experienced at dog photography. I can't wait to try and use your advise. :) Thank you!
Happy to help!
Very informative and details. People told me that they usually preferred flexible spot focus mode but could not explain clearly the benefits over other modes. I now understand the usability of wide focus area mode and lock on mode. Thank you.
Many people offer suggestions or recommendations without actually knowing how the camera is designed to work. I also have to admit to getting slightly frustrated with photographers recommending a single setting. Sony would not give us so many options if there was a single ‘best’ setting for all situations.
You are great!