For [REC] menu setting procedures (→20)

[FACE RECOG.]

Registering people that appear frequently in your pictures allows them to be given priority when aligning focus, and allows all pictures featuring them to be viewed collectively.

For details (→78).

[AF MODE]

Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.

Recording Mode:

Settings: / / / / /

Taking front-on pictures of

 

Recognises faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and

people

 

focus accordingly. When [METERING MODE] (→101) is set to

(Face Detection)

 

‘Multiple’.

 

 

 

 

AF area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yellow : When the shutter button is

 

 

 

 

 

pressed halfway, the frame

 

 

 

 

 

turns green when the camera is

 

 

 

 

 

focused.

 

 

 

 

 

White : Displayed when more than one

 

 

 

 

 

face is detected. Other faces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that are the same distance

 

 

 

 

 

away as faces within the yellow

 

 

 

 

 

AF area are also focused.

 

 

• If the [REC] menu’s [FACE RECOG.] is set to [ON], ( Face

 

 

Detection) will be set, and focus and exposure will prioritize

 

 

persons whose pictures are often recorded. (→78)

Automatically locking the

Align the AF Tracking frame with the subject, and then press ▼.

focus on a moving subject

 

 

 

 

AF Tracking frame

 

 

 

 

(AF Tracking)

 

 

 

 

When the subject is recognised, the AF

 

 

 

 

Tracking frame changes from white to

 

 

 

 

 

yellow, and the subject is automatically

 

 

 

 

 

kept in focus.

 

 

 

 

 

If AF Lock fails, a red frame flashes.

 

 

• To clear AF Lock, press ▼.

 

 

• Focus (same as macro recording)

 

 

Max. W: 3 cm (0.10 feet) and above

 

 

Max. T: 1 m (3.28 feet) and above (5 × to 8 × is 2 m to ∞)

Subject not centred

Automatically focuses on any of 11 points.

in picture (AF area not

 

 

 

 

 

displayed until focused)

 

 

 

 

 

(11-area-focusing)

 

 

 

 

AF area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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