Does Auto focus work while in Continuous Shooting or Speed Priority Continuous focus modes?

Availability of autofocus in continuous shooting (2)

Availability of autofocus in continuous shooting (3)

• *1 AF may not be tracked while in Continuous Shooting mode in the following cases:
  • If the subject is outside the range of the phase-detection AF sensor.
  • When shooting in a dark environment.
  • When shooting with no subject contrast such as blue skies or a white wall.
  • If the aperture value is more than F8 or, for the ILCE-7M3, if the aperture value is larger than F11.
• *2 Only compatible with Continuous Shooting Lo.
• *3 Only compatible with Continuous Shooting Lo.
  • Note: You need to set Phase-detection AF for the AF system from the custom menu.
• *4 AF may not be tracked in Speed Priority Continuous Shooting mode in the following cases:
  • If the subject is outside the range of the Phase-detection AF sensor.
  • When shooting in a dark environment.
  • When shooting with no subject contrast such as blue skies or a white wall.
  • If the aperture value is more than F8.
• *5 Only compatible with Continuous Shooting mode. (You will not be able to continue to focus in Speed Priority Continuous Shooting mode.)
• *6 AF may not track when shooting subjects with poor contrast, such as blue skies or a white wall, or in a dark environment. You will not be able to continue to focus with the Mid/Hi setting in the following cases. In these cases, select the Lo setting.
  • If the subject is outside the range of the Phase-detection AF sensor.
  • If the aperture value is more than F11.
  • When the system software of the LA-EA3 is Ver.01
• *7 AF cannot be tracked in Speed Priority Continuous Shooting mode in the following cases:
  • If the subject is outside the range of the Phase-detection AF sensor.
  • When shooting in a dark environment.
  • If the aperture value is more than F6.3.
• *8 Software Ver.2.0 or later is required.
• *9 AF may not track when shooting subjects with poor contrast, such as blue skies or a white wall, or in a dark environment. You will not be able to continue to focus with the Mid /Hi / Hi+ setting in the following cases. In these cases, select the Lo setting.
  • If the subject is outside the range of the Phase-detection AF sensor.
  • If the aperture value is more than F11.
  • When the system software of the LA-EA3 is Ver.01
• *10 AF may not be tracked when shooting in a dark environment. You will not be able to continue to focus on the following cases:
  • If the subject is outside the range of the Phase-detection AF sensor.
  • If the aperture value is more than F16. 
• *11 Software Ver.02 or later is required.
• *12 Software Ver.05 or later is required.
• *13 The camera may not be able to maintain focus on a subject using AF during continuous shooting in the following situations: 
  • When the subject is outside of the Phase-detection AF sensor area
  • When shooting in dark surroundings
  • When the contrast of the subject is low, such as a blue sky or a white wall
  • When the aperture value is greater than F11
• *14 AF may not track when shooting subjects with poor contrast, such as blue skies or a white wall, or in a dark environment. You will not be able to continue to focus with the Mid / Hi setting in the following cases. In these cases, select the Lo setting.
  • If the subject is outside the range of the Phase-detection AF sensor.
  • When the F-value is greater than F16
  • When the system software of the LA-EA3 is Ver.01
  • When the contrast of the subject is low, such as a blue sky or a white wall
• *15 The camera may not be able to maintain focus on a subject using AF during continuous shooting in the following situations:
  • When the subject is outside of the Phase-detection AF sensor area
  • When shooting in dark surroundings
  • When the contrast of the subject is low, such as a blue sky or a white wall
  • When the aperture value is greater than F22
• *16 AF may not be tracked when shooting with no subject contrast such as blue skies or a white wall, or when shooting in a dark environment. You will not be able to continue to focus in Hi+ / Hi / Mid in the following cases. In this case, set to Lo.
  • When the subject is outside of the Phase-detection AF sensor area
  • When the F-value is greater than F22
  • When the system software of the LA-EA3 is Ver.01
• *17 AF may not be tracked when shooting with no subject contrast such as blue skies or a white wall, or when shooting in a dark environment. You will be able to continue to focus in only Lo (Shutter Type: Mechanical Shutter) in the following cases.
  • When the subject is outside of the Phase-detection AF sensor area
  • When the F-value is greater than F22
  • When the system software of the LA-EA3 is Ver.01
• *18 AF may not be tracked while in Continuous Shooting mode in the following cases:
  • When the subject is outside of the Phase-detection AF sensor area
  • When shooting in dark surroundings
  • When the contrast of the subject is low, such as a blue sky or a white wall
  • When Aperture Drive in AF is set to Standard or Silent Priority and the F-value is greater than F22
  • When Aperture Drive in AF is set to Focus Priority, the F-value is greater than F22, and the continuous shooting speed is 120 images/s or 60 images/s
• *19 AF may not be tracked while in Continuous Shooting mode in the following cases:
  • When the subject is outside of the Phase-detection AF sensor area
  • When shooting in dark surroundings
  • When the contrast of the subject is low, such as a blue sky or a white wall
  • When the system software of the LA-EA3 is Ver.01
  • With continuous shooting set to Hi+ / Hi and Single-shot AF / DMF / Manual Focus selected, the first shot determines the focus. When the camera is set to Continuous AF, you can perform continuous shooting with AF tracking at a maximum speed of 10 images/s.