Sony A7III Autofocus Modes Explained

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Sony A7III Autofocus Modes Explained
In this video I go through the Sony A7III Autofocus modes and explain what they are and how to use them.
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[@robertgiguere875]

Your video’s are great! Just upgraded from A7ii to a7iii. ( wanted better auto focus, EVF, and battery life). I know some of the stuff you talk about, but am learning more every time I watch your videos.

[@starryj63]

Your videos are so well done! Love the way you explain things.... I find them extremely easy to follow and understand. Thank you!

[@spyrosheniadis]

Thank you! I'm glad you find them useful! :)

[@BobKirksey]

Thank you so much for telling us which shoot mode you are in at the start of the tutorial. And I now much better understand the various autofocus options and functions.

[@rawdelicious]

So great to find a video that explains it so well and so easily, thank you!

[@victorrivera6375]

It’s been awhile since I’ve seen one of your videos and I’m glad to see you’re still educating those of us in the photography realm! Great video as always Spyros!

[@wjimz]

This really helped. Thanks!

[@Rupaji]

Nicely explained and easy to understand. Nice music too. Thank you so much!

[@pavel7568]

That was so helpful! much appreciated and love the style of explanations!

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Thanks bro for explaining this I really appreciate!

[@gunnartang]

Love your presentation. Very clear. Very Helpful. Looking forward to more.

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[@notagainirina]

Fantastic help. Thank you.

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[@mikedoecke2838]

Great vid, learned stuff!

[@robstone6280]

Thank you for this

[@underthedrone2735]

Well done and timely for me personally.

[@santiagojakas472]

Excellent explained!

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[@flyfishingpiper4976]

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[@atenmohammed]

Great video!

[@Maverick_Samrat]

Very well explained

[@jimthomson9044]

Excellent package. I like your presentation style (no screaming, loud/shitty music, stupid graphics), clean, clear, easy to follow video. Thank goodness for pause feature on my Mac so I can follow along with my camera. Answered all of my questions.

[@marasaTQ]

down to the point without unnecessary chatter!

[@marclabro]

nice tuto. great to attach eye detetcion to a custom key. What about tracking attached to a key ? I don't like it is attached to zone type.

[@Only1loveray]

Thank you

[@ssdigitalssuresh9697]

Sir your presentation is excellent...make a video on sony a7rv photo and video settings please

[@360MIX]

Spyros, Any way to set in Video mode to always show what the camera is focusing on? meaning camera showing a green sqaure on what in focus at all times

[@opulent1]

Infinity Focus settings with Sony A7III trying to capture entire frame in focus...thanks!

[@Korajauc]

So what is then the best option when i want to film myself and keep the focus with having the camera static? Like boxing... continuous AF and putting face eye detect?

[@annekurisu]

So for concert photography you'd suggest AF-C mode?

[@AldapesExpress]

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What modes do you recommend for hockey?

[@radaliska]

Very useful. I don't believe it has only 654 likes . Thank you.

[@maxreviews3418]

My bracketed photos aren’t auto focusing. I’m trying to figure out what’s going on with it.

[@bamerson01]

Great explanation, straight forward. "If you wanna do the youtube bullshit" comment earned my sub.

[@kernowcoasteering]

Hoping for some help. I have reconfigured my A7iii to get back-button focus. This is really useful for my photography, but I'm having real trouble with focusing when I'm trying to do video - will back button focusing be the cause of this? For example, autofocus just doesn't seem to work at all when I'm scanning around. However, when I try and record a simple focus scenario, e.g., a non-moving talking head, the focus jumps around unpredictably, making the recordings useless. This seems the same in all focus modes. I'd have to re-find the tutorial I followed to set up back button focus to get rid of it. But as it's useful for stills photography, I only want to do this if necessary. Also, would it be possible to set up my camera to have back button focus as my default, and then assign one of the programme modes to be the more standard setting? Thanks!

[@ashleycochrane3926]

Hi, thank you for the information in this video :) I am wondering if you would be able to help me with the settings for group photography using the Sony A7iii. I am finding it almost impossible for the camera to show focus boxes or even show focus in any way on all subjects in a group photo even when I decrease my aperture. For example, even trying to photograph 2 people sitting side by side with an f stop of F5.6 still does not shoot both subjects in focus, only one of the subjects will come out sharp. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

[@rationalcapitalist]

This sounds to me like a depth of field issue rather than a focus mode setting issue. If your subjects' eyes aren't exactly the same distance from your camera, then f/5.6 might be too wide of an aperture to get them both/all in focus. If both were out of focus, then it might be something else, but you said at least one is coming out sharp.

[@marasaTQ]

this is a good question. when eye detect is on, sometimes it jumps from eye to eye

[@albertdemidenko6303]

Hi n Help I just upgraded my camera from a Sony A7 to a new Sony A7iii, I have a Sony standard lens, 150 to 600 m Sigma lens, a 24 m lens, a Sony 70 to 300 lens all these lens focus perfectly on the new camera EXCEPT the 12 month old Sony 70 - 300 it just wont focus at all, I,ve cleaned the contacts n made sure its mounted correctly but still everything is just a blur at any distance, Thoughts? or is it a bin job for the lens

[@ryannolan1142]

What is the circle in the middle of the focus point?

[@rationalcapitalist]

That shows where it's metering I believe.

[@ameetpawar4391]

Thank you spyors for all these A7iii videos. Got a question currently using Canon EoS r with DSLR lenses, thinking of switching to Sony A7iii got a confusion between A7iii and A7cor should I wait for A7iv. Mostly I do Cinematic wedding videos. Thank you sir in advance.

[@spyrosheniadis]

Hello Ameet! For videos, honestly, I think you’ll do better off in the long run with the A7III. The EOS R has some compromises when it comes to videos, one of the biggest being the sensor crop when recording video. With the A7III, you get full sensor readout when recording video, which improves quality and keeps framing consistent with your lenses.

[@ameetpawar4391]

@@spyrosheniadis Thanks for replying spyros. One last thing should I wait for A7iv or currently go for a7iii. Thanks for all the videos spyros. Can any day you make a comparison video test for a7iii and a7c?. Thanks sir

[@mrmonday42]

Why would I want to turn off eye AF? If there are eyes in the frame, wouldn't you want them in focus?

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very bad

[@TomatenDK]

Sorry I just cant listen to this. The ANNOYING MUSIC over the voice - while ur trying to concentrate is giving me a headache. A shame, cause the information was really good, for what I saw.