Optimus S700 user manual GAF Area Mode, Face priority default setting, Auto Focus area, Manual

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

GAF Area Mode

Use this option to determine where the camera focuses.

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

Shooting,

zFace priority (default setting)

The camera automatically detects and focuses on a

face looking toward the camera (Shooting with Face Priority → A 92). 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 (one of nine) containing the subject closest to the camera and focuses on the subject.

wAuto

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Focus area

Playback and Setup Menus

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 K to select from 99 focus areas in the frame. Pictures can be shot while focus-area selection screen is displayed.

To end focus-area selection and adjust the flash

mode, macro mode, self-timer and exposure compensation settings, press k. To return to the focus-area selection screen, press k.

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Focus area

Focus area

Selectable focus areas

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