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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

GAF-Area Mode

Set to A / B M d (Shooting menu) M GAF area mode

Use this option to determine where the camera focuses.

When digital zoom is in effect, the camera will focus on the subject in the center focus area regardless of the applied AF area mode option.

Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus

zFace priority (default setting)

The camera automatically detects and focuses on a

face looking toward the camera (see “Shooting with Face Priority” (A112) for more information).

If the camera detects multiple faces, the camera focuses on the face closest to the camera. When shooting pictures of subjects other than people, or framing a subject with which no face is recognized, AF area mode will be set to Auto. The camera chooses the focus area

wAuto

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 rotary multi selector H, I, Jor 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 mode, macro mode, self-timer and exposure compensation settings, press the kbutton. To return to the focus-area selection screen, press the k button again.

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Focus areas

Focus area

Selectable areas

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