tab (A11)

Section Reference

The Shooting Menu (A(Auto) Mode)

AF Area Mode

Display the shooting screen in A(Auto) mode (A51) Mdbutton MA MAF area mode

You can set how the camera selects the focus area for autofocus.

 

Option

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The camera detects and focuses on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a face (see “Using Face Detection”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A65) for more information).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If more than one face is detected,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face priority

the camera focuses on the face

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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closest to the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When non-human subjects are

 

 

 

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setting)

 

 

 

 

 

 

photographed, or a subject with

 

 

 

Focus area

 

 

 

which no face can be detected is

 

 

framed, AF area mode is set to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto. The camera automatically selects the focus area (up to nine

 

 

areas) containing the subject closest to the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The camera automatically selects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the focus area (up to nine areas)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

containing the subject closest to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the shutter-release button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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w

Auto

halfway to activate the focus area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the shutter-release button is

 

 

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pressed halfway, the focus area

 

 

Focus areas

 

 

 

selected by the camera is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

displayed on the monitor (up to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nine areas).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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