Face Detection

Features Shooting

In the following shooting modes, the camera uses face

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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detection to automatically focus on human faces. If the

 

 

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camera detects more than one face, a double border is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

displayed around the face that the camera will focus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on, and single borders are displayed around the other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

faces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shooting mode

Number of faces that

 

 

Focus area

can be detected

 

(double border)

 

 

A(auto) mode (A38)

 

The face closest to the

 

Up to 12

Scene auto selector, Portrait,

camera

Night portrait scene mode (A41)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smart portrait mode (A51)

Up to 3

The face closest to the

center of the frame

 

 

•In A (auto) mode, if no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera automatically selects one (or more) of the nine focus areas containing the subject closest to the camera.

•In Scene auto selector scene mode, the focus area changes depending on the selected scene.

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

•Tap a face framed by a single border to change the focus area to that face (A39).

•In subject tracking mode, subject tracking begins when a detected face framed by a border is tapped (A39).

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