Taking pictures

Using Auto focus

Face detection

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

AF frame

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 frame are also focused.

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

••With the Scene modes ([Night Scenery] [Handheld Night Shot] [Food] [Starry Sky]) ••[Creative Control] mode ([Miniature Effect] [Soft Focus])

••[Panorama Shot] mode

●●If the camera misinterprets a non-human subject as a face in (Face Detection) setting, 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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