Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

GAF Area Mode

Set to A(auto) Md(Shooting menu) MGAF area mode

Choose how the focus area is determined.

When digital zoom is in effect, focus will be on the center of the screen regardless of the AF area mode setting.

aFace priority (default setting)

If the camera detects a face, it focuses on the face

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Face Priority ➝ A103). If more than one face is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recognized, focus will be on the face closest to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When shooting pictures of subjects other than

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

people, or framing a subject with which no face is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recognized, AF area mode will switch to Auto, and

 

 

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the camera will automatically select the focus area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(one of nine) containing the subject closest to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wAuto

and Playback Shooting,

The camera automatically selects the focus area (one of nine) 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 area selected by the camera will be displayed in the monitor.

xManual

This option is suited to situations in which the intended subject is relatively still and not positioned

in the center of the frame.

Press the multi selector H, I, J, or Kto select from 99 focus areas in the frame. Pictures can be taken while focus-area selection screen is displayed.

To end focus-area selection and adjust the flash,

macro, self-timer and exposure compensation settings, press the kbutton. To return to the focus area selection screen, press the kbutton again.

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Focus areas

Focus area

Selectable focus area

Menus Setup

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