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I just jumped ship from nikon to the a7rii. One issue I find troubling me is that I can't find the ability to zoom with the evf or the LCD so I can manual focus before I take a shot. Can anyone help?

 

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If you can type, you can read.  

   

RTFM. 

At Username, Very helpful response to a first time poster!  Scissorhands, I would suggest you explore the user unfriendly menu system on the camera.   I almost never use manual focus, but in that mode you can definitely jump to different zoom levels, can depend upon how you configure the custom function/AF/MF AEL switch etc.  I have found the online youtube tutorials extremely helpful in learning the complexities of the camera.  There is a lot of excellent help there.

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Brief and exact. A rarity on my part ;-)

But not very helpful...he came to us asking for help, and you give him a smartass reply.  Hardly likely to encourage him to ask for assistance in the future.  You could answer 95% of the questions here with your response, I wouldn't congratulate yourself on that one.

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No regrets, no remorse, but no animosity. Tho' 

I do disagree about my being "not very helpful". 

  

Yes, he came to us asking "for help", basically

asking us to read the manual for him. And yes, 

I bluntly recommended him to go read it for his

own self. That IS help. It's not hand-holding ...

but it IS help. I stand by it. If you can type, you 

can read. 

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No regrets, no remorse, but no animosity. Tho' 

I do disagree about my being "not very helpful". 

  

Yes, he came to us asking "for help", basically

asking us to read the manual for him. And yes, 

I bluntly recommended him to go read it for his

own self. That IS help. It's not hand-holding ...

but it IS help. I stand by it. If you can type, you 

can read. 

Yes but there is a big difference between being able to type and being able to read, find topic, and understand most contemporary "manuals".  In my view many are worthless (or essentially non existent), cumbersome, and support from various forums can be very helpful in encouraging novices.  

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There are books too, if you don't like the on-line manuals:  There is the"unofficial quintessential guide" on the sony A7 series (each type has it's own book) by Brian Matsumoto / Carol Roullard.  Helpful books explain way more than the manuals.

Agree, but my objection to Username's post is a new forum member asks for help and he tells him if you can type, you can read.   RTFM!  Imagine going into a camera shop, showing them your camera and asking how do I switch lenses and the clerk responds "RTFM"!  Just not a hospitable way to welcome a newbie to the group.

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"........ support from various forums can be very

helpful in encouraging novices."    

 

  

Like encouraging them to be resourceful ? 

   

Or like discouraging them from using the 

original documentation ? Certainly I never 

reply RTFM to the many posts that ask for 

clarification of vague and ambiguous info 

found in the manual when reading it. For 

a fact, I typically write the most lengthy 

and detailed replies on this forum ... when 

appropriate. 

   

"RTFM" is the most helpful reply to certain

posts ... such as that one.   

       

   

"......... You could answer 95% of the questions   

here with your response, "

 

95% ? Hardly. I'd not refrain from replying 

"RTFM" hundreds of times over is that were 

even close to reality. It's prolly the 3rd [4th?] 

time I've replied that way ... and, sadly, not

likely the very last :-( 

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There are books too, if you don't like the on-line manuals:  There

is the"unofficial quintessential guide" on the sony A7 series (each

type has it's own book) by Brian Matsumoto / Carol Roullard.  

Helpful books explain way more than the manuals.

  

Have found some of those very useful. But bookstores 

are evaporating everywhere and it's hard to tell from an 

online sample of a book if it will be really helpful. As far 

as the RTFM principle the best version of the "FM" from 

my own experience is the PDF. Sometimes you find it 

online, sometimes it's on the CD with the camera kit. 

  

What I like about the PDF versions is that they're easily 

searchable. Given that they don't use the most helpful 

language, it's good that you can use the keywords and

also the built-in bookmarks to make sure you find every 

mention of the topic of your query. Counting on the tech 

writers to provide a thorough index in the back of printed 

manuals is pretty hopeless, but searching the PDF has 

always turned up an answer [some answers better and, 

acoarst, others being not so better but still useful clues.]    

    

I'd be more happier with the trade book "manuals" if they 

were available in searchable, bookmarked form :-( 

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There is a setting to control focus zoom, and how much.  

 

You can also tap the C2 button on top of camera.  

 

First tap puts up the red window, and it can be moved.  2nd tap zooms it, 3rd tap zooms more, next tap, or shutter half press removes the effect. 

 

JCC

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The question of djscissorhands was right!

Anybody knows how to solve this problem: Using a Nikon lens via Commlite adapter is workung really well.

But why is zoom to focus not possible?

After the shot it`s possible, but not before. For example with a D800 you can zoom in whenever you want before and after the shot.

Sony is allowing this only in manual focus with Sony lenses and there`s nothing about in the manual.

 

Perhaps username can tell us. He knows everything but is not writing about. Please give a real anwer!

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  Help Guide | Focus Magnifier                        

 

 

Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera ILCE-7RM2

 

Focus Magnifier

 

You can check the focus by enlarging the image before shooting.

 

  MENU →  (Camera Settings) → [Focus Magnifier].     

   Press  on the center of the control wheel to enlarge the image and

   select the   position you want to enlarge using up/down/left/right

   side of the control   wheel. 

  

   When  is pressed for the third time, the focus magnifier closes

   and the normal shooting display is restored.

 

   Confirm the focus. 

   Press the shutter button fully down to shoot the image. 

 

Be aware that the Commlite Adapter can be more trouble than it's worth. 

Complaints are rampant. Once you involve that device, no reliable advice 

can be offered. All advice should be taken only as "suggestions that might 

work, or might not, sometimes."  

   

If you use Focus Magnifying regularly, you will prolly wanna use Custom 

Keys menu to assign it to whatever buttons you prefer. FWIW, on my a7-II 

I assigned the bottom edge of the rear control wheel to initiate the Focus   

Magnifier and then I use the center button to cycle thru 1X-5X-10X focus.    

      

My a7-II is not your "R" version. The blue color text above is from the 

a7R-II user guide. My own a7-II has Focus Magnifier function with Nikkors 

on a "dumb" adapter and A-mount lenses on an LAEA3 adapter. "Dumb" 

adapters are never troublesome. The LAEA3 is a Sony product that fits 

Sony lenses to a Sony body, so never any problems. OTOH the Commlite 

is a famous bag of troubles .... so rotsaruck :-(

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