Sony A7III focusing

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I'm having difficulties changing where the camera is focusing. I know it's probably me... Used Canon R6 then the Olympus M4/3 cameras previously and never had these types of issues.

I covered a small function (1k odd guests) and the camera picks up faces but decides which face / eye to focus on. How do I set it so I can choose which face / eye to focus on - it's at a relative distance so I don't need to go down to left eye or right eye - just the person I choose to focus on. Hopefully, this is possible.

I had to work-around this by manually tapping on the rear screen to choose the person (hoping they don't move) then press focus-on and click.

Thank you for any suggestions.
 
You should be able to move the focus point using the rear wheel as a 4 way selector, it should then pick the face the focus area lines up with.

Alternatively, if it's a small number of people you want to concentrate on you can register up to 8 faces, which it will then prioritise (in the registration order).
 
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Is it possible to assign the joystick to move the focus point?
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Sorry, yes, you should use the joystick (Multi-Selector).
The exact behaviour will be dependant on Focus Mode.
 
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I need to go through a few videos to setup the camera I thinks. It's so different from what I am used to using!
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I can thoroughly recommend Gary Friedman's e-book for Sony cameras.
I've had them for my A200, A700, A900 and A7iv - goes through all the menus and setting, explaining what each does, and situations where it might be useful.

https://www.friedmanarchives.com/sony-alpha-a7-iii/
 
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