Sony Alpha 9 - Manual (Page 59)

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AF On
You can focus without pressing the shutter button halfway down. The
settings for the focus mode dial will be applied.
Press the AF-ON (AF On) button while shooting in autofocus
mode.
Hint
• Set [ AF w/ shutter] to [Off] when you do not want to perform auto
focusing using the shutter button.
• Set [ AF w/ shutter], [ Pre-AF], and [ Eye-Start AF] to [Off] to focus at
a specific shooting distance predicting the position of the subject.
Eye AF
The camera focuses on the subject's eyes while you keep the button
pressed.
1
MENU  (Camera Settings 2)  [Custom Key (Shoot.)] 
desired key, then assign the [Eye AF] function to the key.
2
Point the camera at a person’s face, and press the button to
which you have assigned the [Eye AF] function.
3
Press the shutter button while pressing the button.
Hint
• When the camera focuses on the eyes, a detection frame is displayed over
the eyes. If the focus mode is set to [Single-shot AF], the frame will disappear
after a period of time.