Changing A(Auto) Mode Settings (Shooting Menu)

2Press the shutter-release button halfway.

The camera focuses on the face framed by the double border. The double border turns green and focus is locked.

When the camera is unable to focus, the double border will blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway again to focus.

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Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to take a picture.

When using smile timer, the shutter is released automatically if the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling; there is no need to press the shutter- release button (A37).

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BNotes on Face Detection

If the camera is unable to detect any faces when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway with AF area mode set to Face priority, the AF area mode setting automatically switches to Auto.

If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway in the Portrait and S(night portrait) scene modes, the camera will focus on the subject at the center of the frame.

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

When using autofocus and shooting subjects that are difficult to focus on (A29), the subject may not be in focus even though the double border is green. If the subject is not in focus, change AF area mode to Manual or Center in A (auto) mode, and try focus lock shooting (A55) by focusing on another subject that is the same distance from the camera.

Images captured using face detection will be rotated and displayed automatically according to the orientation of the faces detected, in full-frame and thumbnail playback modes (excluding images captured using continuous shooting mode (A80)).

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