Changing the Autofocus Mode
Focust.esubject.
@Press the shutter button halfway and the camera wiii focus the face covered by the <[ ]> frame.
When focus is achieved, the AF point
wiii turn green and the beeper wiii sound.
if focus is not achieved, the AF point wiii turn orange.
@if a face cannot be detected, the AF point <_> wiii be displayed and AF wiii be executed at the center.
Take the picture.
Check the focus and exposure, then press the shutter button completely to take the picture (p.122).
If the focus is way off, face detection will not be possible. If the lens enables manual focusing even while the lens focus mode switch is set to <AF>, turn the focusing ring to attain rough focus. The face will then be detected and <[ ]> will be displayed.
An object other than a human face might be detected as a face.
Face detection will not work if the face is very small or large in the picture, too bright or too dark, titled horizontally or diagonally, or partially hidden. The <[ ]> focusing frame might cover only part of the face.
When you press <C)>, the AF mode will switch to the Live mode
(p.128). You can press the <_> key to move the AF point. Press <{_> again to return to the _ (face detection) Live mode. (If
Since AF is not possible with a face detected near the edge of the picture, the <[ ]> will be grayed out. Then if you press the shutter button
halfway, the center AF point <[_> wilt be used to focus.
