Changing A(Auto) Mode Settings (Shooting Menu)
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When the camera is pointed at a human face, face detection, with which the camera automatically detects that face and focuses on it, starts. The face detection function is activated in the following situations.
•AF area mode (A46) is set to Face priority
•In Scene auto selector (A53), Portrait (A55) and Night portrait (A56) scene modes
•In smart portrait mode (A66)
*For information about face detection when using subject tracking mode, see “Focusing on a Moving Subject (Subject Tracking Mode)” (A69).
1Frame a picture.
When the camera detects a face, that face is framed by a yellow double border.
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When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies as follows depending upon the shooting mode.
Shooting mode | Faces framed by double border | Number of faces that | |
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A(auto) mode |
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(Face priority) | The face closest to the camera |
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Scene auto selector, | • Other faces framed by single | Up to 12 | |
Portrait, Night portrait | border. |
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scene mode |
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| The face closest to the center of |
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Smart portrait mode | the frame | Up to 3 | |
• Other faces framed by single | |||
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