Shooting Options: The 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 44) is set to Face priority

•In Scene auto selector (A 51), Portrait (A 53) and Night portrait (A54) scene modes

•In smart portrait mode (A 62)

1Frame a picture.

When the camera recognizes a face, that face is framed by a yellow double border.

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

Shooting mode

Faces framed by double border

Number of faces that

 

 

can be recognized

A(auto) mode

 

 

(face priority)

The face closest to the camera

 

Scene auto selector,

• Other faces framed by single

Up to 12

Portrait, Night portrait

border.

 

scene mode

 

 

 

The face closest to the center of

 

Smart portrait mode

the frame

Up to 3

• Other faces framed by single

 

 

 

border.

 

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