activating steady shot with back button focus? Sony a7RM3

[johnrsims43]

Using a Sony A7RM3 with Sony FE100-400 GM lens, I am using "back button focus", with focus turned off on shutter release.

One downside to this is that the steady shot function does not activate with the back button focus, but does with partial press of the shutter release. This means to get accurate focus position I need to hold the shutter release partially down, while depressing the back button focus. A bit awkward in my view.

 

Is is possible to set back button focus to activate steady shot as well as focus?

[Guest Jaf-Photo]

EDIT: Wrong thread

[tinplater]

Using a Sony A7RM3 with Sony FE100-400 GM lens, I am using "back button focus", with focus turned off on shutter release.

One downside to this is that the steady shot function does not activate with the back button focus, but does with partial press of the shutter release. This means to get accurate focus position I need to hold the shutter release partially down, while depressing the back button focus. A bit awkward in my view.

 

Is is possible to set back button focus to activate steady shot as well as focus?

One wonders how quickly OSS is established as you press the shutter button completely? 

[johnrsims43]

OSS (I'm taking this to mean both the lens and in camera image stabilization) was established immediately when the shutter button was partially depressed, so guess it would be fully engaged upon full depression.

 

As a side note, I discovered today that in Continuous Auto Focus - Wide, the back button does engage the OSS. I've not gone back to see what settings I had when this did not work, but I would "guess" it was with "Lock on - Expanded Flexible spot", since that was what I was using primarily prior to my previous post looking for help with focus settings. In any case, my problems have been solved (I think). I'm a happy camper:-)

 

Thanks for your help.