Features Shooting

Focusing

The focus area varies depending on the shooting mode and settings.

Using Face Detection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the following shooting modes and settings,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the camera uses face detection to automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focus on human faces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• APoint and shoot (A22)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Underwater face framing (A28), Shoot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

at intervals (A28), and Take a series of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pictures (A29) when using Choose a style

 

 

1 1 0 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 m 0s

• Smile timer (A25)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the camera detects more than one face, a double border is displayed around the face that the camera focuses on, and single borders are displayed around the other faces.

If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway:

•In APoint and shoot, the focus area changes depending on the composition and subject.

•In Shoot at intervals, Take a series of pictures, or Smile timer, the camera focuses in the center of the frame.

B Notes About Face Detection

•The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including the direction in which the faces are looking.

•The camera cannot detect faces in the following situations:

-When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or otherwise obstructed

-When faces take up too much or too little of the frame

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