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title = "Webcam Eye AF for the Sony A7RII"
date = 2021-10-28
[taxonomies]
tags = [ "Sony", "alpha", "focus" ]
categories = ["photo"]
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I am using my Sony A7 RII as a webcam with shallow depth of field with `gphoto2` under Linux.
The normal auto focus does not follow very well, therefore I assigned the "Eye AF" to the lens button
and activate it permanently with some rubber straps and a small button like object underneath.

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See this picture:

![picture of hack](/img/alpha-hack.jpg)

It works perfectly.
The only quirks are, that I have to remove the permanent press, if I want to press other buttons on the cam.
It also has to be unpressed, when switching on the camera.

[Comments on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/SonyAlpha/comments/qhkgt2/webcam_eye_af_for_the_sony_a7rii/)