Face Detection

Features Shooting

When the camera is pointed at a human face in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shooting modes as shown 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)

 

 

When AF area mode (A38) is set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to Face priority (E30) in A(auto)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode (A36)

Up to 12

The face closest to the

Scene auto selector, Portrait

camera

 

(A40), or Night portrait (A41) in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scene mode (A39)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smart portrait mode (A49)

Up to 3

The face closest to the

center of the frame

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•When using A(auto) mode, if you press the shutter-release button halfway while no faces are detected or while framing a shot with no faces in it, the camera selects the focus area (up to nine areas) containing the subject closest to the camera.

•When Scene auto selector is selected, the focus area changes depending on which scene the camera 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.

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