Choosing the Person to Focus On (Face Select)

You can choose a specific person’s face to focus on and then shoot.

Set the camera to [Face Detect] (p. 82).

Frame

Set Face Select mode.

Point the camera toward the face of the subject and press the button.

XAfter [Face Select : On] displays, an orange face frame will appear around the face detected as the main subject.

Even if the subject moves, the face frame

will follow the subject within a certain range.

If a face is not detected, will not appear.

Choose the face on which to focus.

If you press the qr buttons or turn the  dial, the face frame will move to another face detected by the camera.

If you press the m button or the button, the frame around the chosen face will turn white.

Shoot.

Press the shutter button halfway. The face

frame of the chosen face will change into

a green

.

Press the shutter button fully to shoot.

Confirming the number of detected faces

Pressing the l button will display the number of faces detected by the camera (35 at the most) (orange: main subject’s face, white: detected face).

Pressing the op buttons in Step 3, and choosing

, or holding down

the

button in Step 4, will cancel Face Select mode.

 

 

 

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Canon SX20 IS manual Choosing the Person to Focus On Face Select, Set the camera to Face Detect p, Set Face Select mode