• In shooting modes other than R(Program), A(Night Scene), C(Movie), (Digital Microscope), (Handheld Night Snap), (Interval Shot), (Interval Movie), (High Speed Movie), c(Digital SR), F(Digital Panorama), X(Digital Wide), and N(Frame Composite), Saturation, Contrast, Sharpness, White Balance, etc. are automatically set to the
optimal settings for the selected mode.
•Some functions may not be available or may not function fully depending on the selected shooting mode. For details, refer to “Functions Available for Each Shooting Mode” (p.220).
•You can turn off the shooting mode guide on the Capture Mode Palette (p.191).
•The shutter speed tends to be slower when taking pictures of dark scenes. To prevent camera shake, set the Pixel Track SR to O (On) (p.103) or use a tripod and/or remote control (optional), the
3 Taking
When the camera detects a person’s face in the image, the Face Detection function displays a yellow face detection frame around the face on the display screen, sets the focus (Face Detection AF) and compensates the exposure (Face Detection AE).
If the subject in the face detection frame moves, the frame also moves and changes size as it tracks the face.
The Face Detection function can recognize up to 32 people’s faces. If it recognizes multiple faces, the camera displays a yellow frame over the main face and white frames over the other faces. It can display up to a total of 31 frames, including both the main and white frames.
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Face detection frame
When the multiple faces are
detected
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Main frame White frame
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