Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

yCenter

Camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.

Center focus area is always used.

DMore Information

See “Autofocus” (A29) for more information.

Shooting with Face Priority

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Focus area

The camera automatically detects and focuses on a face looking toward the camera.

The face priority function will be enabled for the following situations.

Face priority is selected for AF area mode (A122)

When Portrait (A40) or Night portrait (A42) is chosen for scene mode

When scene auto selector mode (A52) is chosen

When a (smile timer) or y (blink proof ) is set (A54)

1 Frame the picture.

When the camera detects a face looking toward the camera, that face will be framed by a yellow double border.

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When the camera detects more than one face, depending upon the shooting mode, the operation varies as follows.

Shooting mode

Faces framed by a double

Number of faces to be

border

recognized

 

A, B, C, D, E, Fmodes

 

 

(Face priority)

The face closest to the camera

 

Portrait or Night portrait

* The other faces are framed by

Up to 12

scene modes

a single border.

 

Scene Auto Selector mode

 

 

 

The face closest to the center

 

a(Smile timer)

of the frame

Up to 3

y (Blink proof)

* The other faces are framed by

 

 

a single border.

 

 

 

 

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