Leica 18461, 18115 manual Select AF Mode from the Rec menu, Switching AF Mode, Face Detection

Taking pictures

Using Autofocus

■■Switching [AF Mode]

Select [AF Mode] from the [Rec] menu

••For the setting procedures of the menu. (→25)

Press to select Autofocus mode items and then [MENU/SET]

(Face Detection)	For taking front-on pictures of people
(AF Tracking)	For automatically locking the focus on a moving subject (→98)
(23-area-focusing)	For off-center subjects (→98)
(1-area-focusing)	For precise focusing on small subjects (→99)

Face Detection

Recognizes faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and focus accordingly.

AF area

Yellow: When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the frame turns green when the camera is focused.

White: Displayed when more than one face is detected. Other faces that are the same distance away as faces within the yellow AF area are also focused.

●● (Face Detection) is not available in the following cases:

••With the Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Night Scenery] [Handheld Night Shot] [Food])

••[Creative Control] Mode ([Soft Focus] [Miniature Effect])

●●If the camera misinterprets a non-human subject as a face, switch to another setting. ●●If conditions prevent the face from being recognized, such as when the movement of the subject is too rapid, the [AF Mode] setting switches to (23-area-focusing).

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