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Using the [Rec] menu
●Focus is fixed to (1-area-focusing) in the following cases:
• [High Speed Video] scene mode
• [Miniature Effect] in [Creative Control] mode
●Use (1-area-focusing) if focus is difficult to align with (Spot-focusing).
●Cannot set to (Face Detection) in the following cases:
• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Night Scenery] [Handheld Night Shot] [Food]
[Underwater])
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Soft Focus])
●If the camera misinterprets a non-human subject as a face in (Face Detection)
setting, switch to another setting.
●If conditions prevent the face from being recognized, such as when the movement of
the subject is too rapid, the [AF Mode] setting switches to (23-area-focusing).
● Under certain recording conditions, such as when the subject is small or dark, (AF
Tracking) may not operate correctly.
●When (AF Tracking) does not work, focus will be on (23-area-focusing).
●Cannot set to (AF Tracking) in the following cases.
• [Panorama Shot] Scene Mode
• [B&W] and [SEPIA] in [Color Mode]
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Sepia] [Dynamic Monochrome] [High Dynamic]
[Toy Effect] [Soft Focus])
●When (23-area-focusing) or (Spot-focusing) is set, the [AF Mode] setting at the
time of motion picture recording switches to (1-area-focusing).
[Quick AF]
• For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→51)
The focus is automatically adjusted when camera blurring is small even when the shutter
button is not pressed. (Increases battery consumption)
■Recording mode:
■Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
●Focus alignment may take time if zoom is suddenly changed from max. W to max. T, or
if suddenly moving closer to subject.
●Press shutter button halfway if focus is difficult to align.
●The function will turn [OFF] in the following cases.
[Night Portrait], [Night Scenery], [Handheld Night Shot] and [High Speed Video] Scene
Modes
●[Quick AF] will not work while AF Tracking is operating.