Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A(Auto) Mode)
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Face Priority
When the camera is pointed at a human face, face recognition, which the camera automatically recognizes that face and focus on it, starts. The face priority function is activated in the following situations.
•AF area mode (A 55) is set to Face priority
•In Scene auto selector (A 60), Portrait (A 62), and Night portrait (A 63) scene modes
•In smart portrait mode (A 72)
1 Frame a picture.
When the camera recognizes a face, that face is framed by a yellow double border.
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When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies, depending upon the shooting mode, as follows.
Shooting mode | Faces framed by | Number of faces that | |
double border | can be recognized | ||
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A(auto) mode (face priority) | The face closest to the |
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Scene auto selector, Portrait, | camera | Up to 12 | |
* Other faces framed by | |||
Night portrait scene mode |
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single border. |
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| The face closest to the |
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Smart portrait mode | center of the frame | Up to 3 | |
* Other faces framed by | |||
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| single border. |
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The camera focuses on the face framed by the double border. To select another face for focusing, tap a face framed by a single border. The border surrounding the selected face will change to a double border.
2 Press the
The camera focuses on the face framed by the double border. The double border will glow green once focus has been locked.
When the camera is unable to focus, the double border will blink. Press the
Press the
If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling in smart portrait mode, the Smile timer (A74) is activated and the shutter is automatically released without the
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