When I had worked with A7iii and A7Riii, my setup was similar to your one. - always in AF-C mode - standard AF (point area) on back AF button - eye-AF on back AE-L button - AF disabled on half press shutter button - AE-L on half press shutter button With that setup I was able to: - focus on whole screen by moving the point with joystick - focus on face/eye by pointing on the required subject and then recompose keeping the focus - when the compensation wheel is not enough, grab a different exposure on other zone with half press shutter button and recompose - in superfast situations when no face detection is possible and don’t have the time to move the point, I focus on the subject (with the focus point, wherever it is) , stop pressing AF button, recompose, and shot An alternative is to use touchpad on the screen, but I found that not reliable. After I had changed my gear (A7iv and A7c) the game was changed. Follow focus is really strong and reliable, so I use that on half press shutter button and eye-af on back AF button. That works really well (yes, AF system on A7c is way more advanced than A7iii)
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