Setting up the recording function using the camera buttons
•This function can detect up to 9 people.
•When the camera recognises many people at the same time, it will focus on the nearest person.
•The Digital zoom is not activated in this mode.
•The face detection does not work when setting the effect mode.
•When the camera detects a target face, the white colour focus frame will be displayed over the target face and the gray colour focus frame appears over the remaining faces(up to 8). Press the shutter button halfway down to focus on the face and the white focus frame turns green.(Total 9)
•Return to previous AF mode if face detection was failure.
•In some conditions this function cannot work properly.
-When a person wears dark glasses or some part of the face is hidden.
-When the person being photographed does not look at the camera.
•The maximum available Face Detection range is 2.5m (Wide).
•The nearer the subject, the faster the camera can recognize the subject.
Self Portrait
When taking
Selectable modes: Auto, Program, Manual, DIS, Photo Help Guide, Portrait, Beach & Snow
1.When pressing the Face Detection button again on the face location screen, the Self Portrait icon appears ().
Pressing the 
FD button
2.For
3.Start shooting by pressing the shutter button.
• When locating the face in the center of the screen, it repeatedly emits a faster sound unlike the sounds that are emitted when the face is not in the center.
•The guiding sound can be set using the sound setting menu. (See p.69)
•If [Self Portrait] is set, it is fixed to Macro focus.
•If [Self Portrait] is set, [Motion Timer] cannot be selected.
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