Shooting Range and Focusing

•If faces are not detected, or when only gray frames are displayed

(without a white frame), up to nine green frames are displayed in the areas in focus when you press the shutter button halfway.

•If faces are not detected when Servo AF (p. 116) is set to [On], the AF frame is displayed in the center of the screen when you press the shutter button halfway.

•Examples of faces that cannot be detected:

-Subjects that are distant or extremely close

-Subjects that are dark or light

-Faces in profile, at an angle, or partly hidden

•The camera may misinterpret non-human subjects as faces.

•No AF frames are displayed if the camera cannot focus when you press the shutter button halfway.

Still Images

FlexiZone/Center

One AF frame is displayed. Effective for reliable focusing.

With [FlexiZone], you can move and resize the AF frame (p. 114).

•A yellow AF frame is displayed with if the camera cannot focus

when you press the shutter button halfway. Note that AF-point zooming (p. 67) is not possible.

Still Images

Recomposing Shots While the Focus is Locked

As long as you keep the shutter button pressed halfway, the focus and exposure are locked. You can recompose shots as needed before shooting. This feature is called Focus Lock.

Focus.

Aim the camera so that the subject is centered, and then press the shutter button halfway.

Confirm that the AF frame displayed around the subject is green.

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