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Focus areas
Focus area
Selectable focus area

Changing A(Auto) Mode Settings (Shooting Menu)

AF Area Mode

A(auto) Md(Shooting menu) MAF area mode

Use this option to determine how the camera selects the focus area for autofocus.

aFace priority (default setting)

When the camera detects a human face, it focuses

 

 

 

 

 

 

on that face. See “Face Detection” (A56) for more

 

 

 

 

 

 

information. If more than one face is detected, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera focuses on the face closest to the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When taking pictures of subjects other than people,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or framing a subject with which no face is detected,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the AF area mode setting switches to Auto, and the

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camera will automatically select the focus area (up to

Focus area

nine areas) containing the subject closest to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

aAuto

The camera has nine focus areas, and automatically

selects the focus areas containing the subject closest to the camera. Press the shutter-release button halfway to activate the focus area. When the shutter- release button is pressed halfway, the focus areas that are in focus (up to nine areas) selected by the camera will be displayed in the monitor.

xManual

Select one of 99 focus areas in the monitor. This option is suited to situations in which the intended subject is relatively still and not positioned in the center of the frame.

Rotate the rotary multi selector or press H, I, J, or Kto move the focus area to where the subject is, and take a picture.

To change settings for any of the following functions, first press the kbutton to cancel focus- area selection, then change the settings as desired.

-Flash mode, macro mode, self-timer

-Brightness (exposure compensation), vividness, hue

To return to the focus area selection screen, press the kbutton again.

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