Focusing on Subject
In the following settings, the camera uses face detection to automatically focus on human faces. If the camera detects more than one face, a double border is displayed around the face that the camera will focus on, and single borders are displayed around the other faces.
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Face priority is selected for AF |
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Dor imode. | Up to 12 | The face closest to the camera | |
Scene auto selector, Portrait, | |||
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Night portrait, Pet portrait* |
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a(Smile timer) (A56) | Up to 3 | The face closest to the center of | |
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*If Pet portrait auto release is switched to OFF when Pet portrait is selected, the camera will detect human faces (A41).
•When using Face priority, if the
•When Scene auto selector is selected, the focus area changes depending on which scene the camera selects.
•When using Portrait or Night portrait, if no faces are detected when the
•When a(smile timer) is selected, if you press the
BNotes on Face Detection
•The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not the subject is facing the camera. Additionally, the camera may be unable to detect faces in the following situations:
-When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or otherwise obstructed
-When faces take up too much or too little of the frame
•When the frame includes more than one face, the faces detected by the camera and the face on which the camera focuses depend upon a variety of factors, including the direction in which the subject is facing.
•In some rare cases, such as those described in “Autofocus” (A81), the subject may not be in focus even though the double border turns green. If the camera does not focus, try “Focus Lock” (A81).
CViewing Pictures Taken Using Face Detection
•During playback, the camera automatically rotates images according to the orientation of the
faces that were detected at the time of shooting (except for pictures taken using Continuous (A65) or Exposure bracketing (A66)).
•When zooming in on an image displayed in
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