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Fn button: Face Detection

If you use face detection options, your

camera can detect a human face. When

focusing on a human face, the brightness

of the face is also adjusted. You can

also capture natural facial expressions

by using self portrait, smile shot or blink

detection.

Selectable modes: [Auto], [Program], [Manual], [DUAL IS], [Beauty
Shot], [Scene] ([Portrait], [Children], [Beach&Snow],
[Self-Shot], [Café])

Face Detection

This mode detects the face position of the subject automatically and then
sets the focus and exposure.
1. The size and position of the auto focus
frame is automatically set on the face of
the subject.
2. Press the Shutter button halfway.
- When the camera detects a target face,
the white colour focus frame will be
displayed over the target face and the
grey colour focus frame appears over the
remaining faces. Press the shutter button halfway down to focus on the face
and the white focus frame turns green.
3. Press the Shutter button fully to take a picture.
This function can detect up to 10 faces.
When the camera recognises many people at the same time, it
will focus on the nearest person.
Return to previous AF mode if face detection failed.
In some conditions this function cannot work properly.
- When a person wears dark glasses or some part of the face is
hidden.
- When the subject does not look at the camera.
- Camera doesn’t detect a face as the conditions are too dark or
too bright.
- The distance between the camera and object is too great.
- If there is refl ection of the light or the back light that are too
bright.
The maximum available Face Detection range is 2.5m (Wide).
The nearer the subject, the faster the camera can recognize the
subject.
When using the digital zoom, [Face Detection] is not available.
In [Beauty Shot], [Frame Guide], [Portrait], and [Children] mode,
the [Face Detection] function setting is set to its default value.
FACE DETECTION
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