Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Menus Setup and Playback Shooting,

AF Area Mode

Set to A(auto) MF(Shooting menu) MAF area mode

Use this option to determine where the camera focuses. When digital zoom is in effect, focus will be on the center of the screen regardless of the settings used.

zFace priority (default setting)

When the camera recognizes a face looking toward

 

 

 

 

 

 

the camera, the camera will focus on that face. See

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Face Priority” (A118) for more information. If more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

than one face is recognized, focus will be on the face

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

closest to the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When shooting pictures of subjects other than

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

people, or framing a subject with which no face is

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recognized, AF area mode will switch to Auto, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

the camera will automatically select the focus area

 

 

 

 

 

 

(one of nine) containing the subject closest to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 in the monitor.

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Focus areas

yCenter

Camera focuses on subject in center of frame.

Center focus area is always displayed.

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Focus area

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