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Selecting the Face to Focus On (Face Select and Track)

Available Shooting Modes

 

 

p. 220

 

 

 

 

Once the focus is fixed to a subject’s face, the frame can be set to follow the subject within a certain range.

To use the Face Select and Track function, first configure the following settings.

-Set the AF frame to [Face Detect] (p. 89).

-Register the (Face Select and Track) function to the button (p. 112).

1

Select a face you wish to focus on.

1.

When a face is detected, press the

 

Face Frame

button.

 

 

 

 

The Face Select mode will activate

 

 

 

 

and a green face frame (

) will

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

display around the main subject.

 

 

 

 

Even if the subject moves, the frame

 

 

 

 

will follow the subject within a certain

 

 

 

 

range.

 

 

 

 

2.

Select the person you wish to focus

 

 

 

 

on.

 

 

 

 

When several faces have been

Face Frame

 

detected, pressing the

or

 

 

 

 

button will move the face frame to

 

 

 

 

another subject.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The face frame will not display when a face is not detected.

Holding down the DISP. button will display face frames (up to 35) of all the detected faces (green: face of main subject, white: detected faces).

Pressing the button cancels the Face Select mode.

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Canon IXUS82IS, IXUS 80IS manual Selecting the Face to Focus On Face Select and Track, Select a face you wish to focus on

IXUS 80IS, IXUS82IS specifications

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