FD (Face Detection) button
This function can detect up to 9 people.
When the camera recognises many people at the same time, it will focus on the nearest person.
The Digital zoom is not activated in this mode.
The effects functions are not activated in this mode.
When the camera detects a target face, the white colour focus frame will be displayed over the target face and the gray colour focus will appear over the remaining faces (up to 8). Press the Shutter button halfway down to focus on the face and the white focus frame turns green. (Total 9)
Return to previous AF mode if face detection failed.
In some conditions this function cannot work properly.
–When a person wears dark glasses or some part of the face is hidden.
–When the subject does not look at the camera.
–When the camera doesn’t detect a face because of too much or too little light.
–There is too great a distance between the camera and the subject.
The maximum available Face Detection range is 3m (Wide).
The nearer the subject, the faster the camera can recognize the subject.
■ Self Portrait
When taking pictures of yourself, the area of your face is automatically detected so that you can take self portraits more easily and quickly.
Selectable modes: Auto, Portrait, Program, DIS, Scene ([Children], [Beach & Snow],
1.When pressing the Face Detection button again on the face location screen, the Self Portrait icon ( 
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3.Start fi lming by pressing the Shutter button.
When locating the face in the center of the screen, it repeatedly emits a faster sound unlike the sounds that are emitted when the face is not in the center.
The guiding sound can be set using the sound setting menu. (p.71)
If [Self Portrait] is set, it is fi xed to Macro focus.
If [Self Portrait] is set, Motion Timer cannot be selected.
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