58
Shoot
in
g Features
B
Notes About Face Detection
•
When
Autofocus mode
in the movie menu is set to
Single AF
, the focus area is not displayed
even if a face is detected.
•
The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including the direction in
which the faces are looking.
•
The camera may be unable to detect faces in the following situations:
- When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or otherwise obstructed
- When faces take up too much or too little of the frame
C
Face Detection When Recording Movies
When
AF area mode
(
A
69) in the movie menu is set to
Face priority
, focus priority is set on
faces when recording movies.
Using Skin Softening
When the shutter is released while using one of the shooting modes listed below, the camera
detects human faces and processes the image to soften facial skin tones (up to three faces).
•
Smart portrait mode (
A
40)
•
Portrait
or
Night portrait
in
G
(easy auto) mode (
A
31)
•
Portrait
or
Night portrait
in scene mode (
A
32)
Skin softening
can also be applied to saved images (
A
64,
E
11).
B
Notes About Skin Softening
•
It may take more time than usual to save images after shooting.
•
Under some shooting conditions, the desired skin softening results may not be achieved, and skin
softening may be applied to areas of the image where there are no faces.
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