Oh, I  dont have a lot of experience with the Sony lens. I know when I hit my auto focus button and then hit the fine focus. It’s zoom in, and you can really get a sharper picture that way, but then, as soon as I take the picture, it jumps out of the zoom look.so what is the best way to use this feature to get the sharpest picture. Also when im doing this what is actually happening. I'm so confused. Am i making sense?thanksjq

HAPPYGUY_45 wrote:Oh, I dont have a lot of experience with the Sony lens. I know when I hit my auto focus button and then hit the fine focus. It’s zoom in, and you can really get a sharper picture that way, but then, as soon as I take the picture, it jumps out of the zoom look.so what is the best way to use this feature to get the sharpest picture. Also when im doing this what is actually happening. I'm so confused. Am i making sense?thanksjqYou are talking about the Magnify view. It is not meant to be on all the time - it is meant to be used to fine tune your focus, sure, but once you take the shot, it jumps back to showing you the full image so you can frame the next shot.You can assign Magnify to a button, and hold that button down to stay in Magnify, but how will you know where the edges of the frame are?On a manual focus lens like a Voigtlander you can have Magnify come up when you turn the focus ring - I find that very useful.

HAPPYGUY_45 wrote:Oh, I dont have a lot of experience with the Sony lens. I know when I hit my auto focus button and then hit the fine focus. It’s zoom in, and you can really get a sharper picture that way, but then, as soon as I take the picture, it jumps out of the zoom look.It's called DMF focus and is the way it is supposed to work. You can check (or fine tune) the AF that way. When you push the shutter button half way, it jumps out of the zoom, so you can reframe or work on your composition.Best of both worlds. AF with manual override if needed.