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Sony a1 II Setup Guide – Subject AI 3

Leave a Comment / By Colby Brown / December 15, 2024

Tracking Shift Range - Adjust the distance (From Narrow to Wide) between the AF target tracking frame and the subject as it moves. Tracking Persistence Level - Adjust how "Sticky" the AF system is once locked onto your animal subject. Recognition Sensitivity - Changes the scope of the kinds of animals the AI system is trying to identify as your subject. Increase this setting if the camera is not recognizing the specific animal and lower it if you want it to find more subjects outside the general "animal" domain. Recognition Part - Choose what parts you want to be recognized by AI/AF: Eye/Head/Body, Eye/Head, or just Eye. Recognition Part Select Settings - Choose if you want the above part options to be selectable in the menu. Uncheck the box if you don't want it to be an option.

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Colby is a photographer, photo educator and author based out of Eastern Pennsylvania. Specializing in landscape, travel and wildlife photography, his body of work spans the four corners of the globe and covers all 7 continents. He has been a Sony Ambassador and Sony Artisan since 2015.

He is also the founder of the humanitarian photo organization The Giving Lens, which blends the art form of photography with the focus and purpose of giving back to those in need around the world.



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