Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

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GAF Area Mode

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

Use this option to determine how the camera selects the focus area for autofocus. When digital zoom is in effect, the camera always focuses at the center of the frame regardless of the specified setting.

aFace priority (default setting)

When the camera recognizes a human face, it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focuses on that face. See “Face Priority” (A108) for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

more information. If more than one face is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recognized, the camera focuses on the face closest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When taking pictures of subjects other than people,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or framing a subject with which no face is

 

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recognized, the AF area mode setting switches to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto, and the camera will automatically select the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focus area (one of nine) containing the subject

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

closest to the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wAuto

Menus Setup and

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 one of 99 focus areas displayed in the monitor’s focus- area selection screen, and shoot.

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

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