Choosing the Person to Focus On (Face Select)

The camera may not be able to focus in some conditions.

If a correct exposure cannot be obtained, the shutter speed and aperture value appear in orange. Release your finger from the shutter button, then press it again halfway.

In low light conditions, AF frames may not turn blue even after pressing the shutter button halfway. In this case, focus and exposure are locked.

The [AF-Point Zoom] option in the 4tab is not available in Servo AF mode.

Not available when using Self-Timer (pp. 68, 78, 79).

Choosing the Person to Focus On (Face Select)

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

Register 0 to the movie button (p. 153)

Enter Face Select mode.

Point the camera toward the face of the

subject and press the movie button. After [Face Select : On] appears, a 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 movie button, the face

frame will move to another face detected by the camera.

When the frame has made a full circuit of all detected faces, [Face Select: Off] will appear, and the AF frame mode screen will reappear.

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