Using Face Detection

In the following shooting modes, the camera uses face

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

detection to automatically focus on human faces. If the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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faces.

 

 

 

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Shooting mode

Number of faces that

 

Focus area (double border)

can be detected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When AF area mode (A37) in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A(auto) mode is set to Face

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

priority.

Up to 12

The face closest to the camera

Scene auto selector, Portrait,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Night portrait scene mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A39) is selected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smart portrait mode (A49)

Up to 3

The face closest to the center of

the frame

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*For more information about face detection while using subject tracking mode, see “Subject Tracking Mode (Focusing on a Moving Subject)” (A51).

•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 and Night portrait scene modes or in smart portrait mode, the camera will focus on the subject in the center of the frame.

Features Shooting

BNotes About Face Detection

•The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not the subject is facing the camera. Additionally, the camera may be unable to 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

•When the frame includes more than one face, the faces detected by the camera and the face on which the camera focuses depend upon a variety of factors, including the direction in which the faces are looking.

•In some rare cases, such as those described in “Autofocus” (A29), the subject may not be in

focus even though the double border turns green. If the camera does not focus, change AF area mode to Manual or Center in A(auto) mode, and try focus lock shooting (A70) by focusing

on another subject that is the same distance from the camera.

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