CAUTION
•If the camera or subject moves as the picture is taken, the subject’s face may move out of the Intelligent Face Detection frame.
•When the camera is detecting multiple faces, the green frame is set around the face near the center. If you want to focus on another subject, move the camera so that the new subject is in the center of the LCD monitor.
If focus is still not achieved, press 
(Intelligent Face Detection) to turn off the function, and take the picture using AF/AE lock (➝p.30).
Intelligent Face Detection can focus on a face in a white frame providing the subjects in the green and white frame are of the same focal length.
•When the shutter button is pressed halfway with Intelligent Face Detection off, the focus will be on the center of the LCD monitor.
•When the shooting mode is set to 
or s, the image will be focused with respect to faces, but because the exposure will be controlled by the shooting mode, faces will not be adjusted for optimal exposure.
BPress the shutter button down fully to take pictures.
Click
Fully pressed
Subjects not suitable for Intelligent Face Detection
Intelligent Face Detection automatically focuses on a face(s) |
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turned towards the camera. However, difficulties will occur |
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with the Intelligent Face Detection mode in the following | Using | ||
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• | The face is obscured by glasses, sunglasses, a hat, or hair. | the | |
• | A person turned sideways, or who has their head tilted. | ||
• | The subject is too far away to recognize a face. | Camera | |
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Intelligent Face Detection will not work in cases where the subject is standing on his/her head, is not a person (pet or other animal), or if the camera is not held correctly.
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