Face Detection

When the camera is pointed at a human face in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shooting modes listed below, the camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

automatically detects the face and focuses on it. When

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the camera detects more than one face, the double

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

border (focus area) is displayed around the face that is

 

 

 

 

 

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focused on, and single borders around the others.

 

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Shooting mode

Number of faces that

 

 

Focus area

can be detected

 

(double border)

 

 

G(easy auto) mode (A38)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portrait (A40) or Night portrait

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A41) in scene mode (A39)

Up to 12

The face closest to the

When AF area mode (A52) is set to

camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face priority (E42) in A(auto)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smart portrait mode (A47)

Up to 3

The face closest to the

center of the frame

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•In G(easy auto) mode, the camera changes focus areas depending on the scene that it automatically selects.

•If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway in Portrait or Night portrait scene mode or smart portrait mode, the camera will focus on the subject at the center of the frame.

•In Face priority, if you press the shutter-release button halfway while no faces are detected, the camera selects the focus area (up to nine areas) containing the subject closest to the camera.

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