Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Shooting,

GAF Area Mode

Use this option to determine where the camera focuses.

When digital zoom is in effect, the camera will focus on the subject in the center focus area regardless of the applied AF area mode option.

zFace priority (default setting)

The camera automatically detects and focuses on a face looking toward the camera (Shooting with Face-Priority

→A87). If the camera detects multiple faces, the camera focuses on the face closest to the camera.

When shooting subjects other than people, or framing a

subject with which no face is recognized, AF area mode

 

will be set to Auto. The camera chooses the focus area

 

(one of nine) containing the subject closest to the

Focus area

camera and focuses on the subject.

 

wAuto

Camera automatically selects the focus area (one of

nine) containing the subject closest to the camera. Press the shutter-release button halfway to activate the focus area. When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the focus area selected by the camera will be displayed.

Menus Setup and Playback

xManual

This option is suited to situations in which the intended subject is relatively still and not positioned in the center

of the frame.

Press the multi selector H, I, Jor Kto select from 99 focus areas in the frame. Pictures can be taken while focus-area selection screen is displayed.

To end focus-area selection and adjust the flash mode,

focus mode, self-timer and exposure compensation settings, press k. To return to the focus-area selection screen, press k.

Focus area

Focus area Selectable focus areas

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