You don’t need to worry about missing the moment."

When something far away is sharp, the foreground will be blurred, and vice versa.

Our eyes do this automatically.

Large lens on a Sony camera used by a photographer

Sony

With larger sensors, this depth-of-field is shallower.

The downside is that, on bigger cameras, focussing accuracy is critical.

But when you get it right, the creative possibilities are endless.

large lens for Sony cameras

Sony

More recently, cameras have been able to recognize faces and eyes and focus on them.

AI Inside

TheSony A6700is a mirrorless interchangeable camera with an APS-C-sized sensor.

Sony’s autofocus has long been the gold standard, both fast, and tenacious once locked on.

Green virtual rectangle recognizing a distant figure in viewfinder

Sony

But now it can quickly and reliably recognize humans, birds, insects (!

), cars, trains, and airplanes.

“But it also helps me achieve images that would be extremely difficult under other conditions.