blog/content/2021-10-28-alpha-hack.md

+++ title = "Webcam Eye AF for the Sony A7RII" date = 2021-10-28 [taxonomies] tags = [ "Sony", "alpha", "focus" ] categories = ["photo"] +++

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.

See this picture:

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.