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Using the [Rec] menu
[AF Mode]
Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.
■Recording mode: ■Settings: / / / /
Taking front-on
pictures of people
(Face Detection)*
Recognizes faces (up to 10 people) and adjusts exposure and focus
accordingly.
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.
Automatically locking
the focus on a
moving subject
(AF Tracking)*
Align the AF Tracking frame with the subject, and then press .
AF Tracking frame
When the subject is recognized, 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 release AF tracking →Press .
• Focus range (same as macro recording) (→60)
Subject not centered
in picture
(9-area-focusing)*
Focuses on up to 9 points.
Determined position
for focus
(1-area-focusing)
(Spot-focusing)*
1-area-focusing: Focuses on AF area in center of picture.
(Recommended when focus is difficult to align)
Spot-focusing: Focuses on smaller, limited area.
* (1-area-focusing) will be used during motion picture recording.
•For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→43)
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