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Changing A(Auto) Mode Settings (Shooting Menu)

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 Portrait, Night portrait scene mode, and smart portrait mode, 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.

•In some rare cases, the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the double border turns green (A 27). Should this occur, switch to A(auto) mode and set AF area mode to Manual or Center, refocus on another subject positioned at the same distance from the camera as the actual portrait subject, and use focus lock (A46).

•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, BSS, and Multi-shot 16 (A42)).

Autofocus Mode

A(auto) Md(Shooting menu) MAutofocus mode

Choose how the camera focuses.

ASingle AF (default setting)

The camera focuses when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.

BFull-time AF

The camera focuses continuously until the shutter-release button is pressed down halfway. Use with moving subjects. The sound of lens drive movement will be heard while the camera focuses.

BNote on Autofocus Mode

There may be functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See “Camera Settings that Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously” (A49) for more information.

BNote on the Autofocus Mode Setting for Subject Tracking Mode

Autofocus mode can be set for subject tracking mode. The default setting in subject tracking mode is Full-time AF. Autofocus mode can be set independently for both subject tracking mode

and A(auto) mode.

DAutofocus Mode for Movie Recording

Autofocus mode for movie recording can be set with Autofocus mode (A105) in the movie

48menu (A103).