Shooting options
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Using face detection
If you use face detection options, your camera can automatically detect a human face. When you focus on a human face, the camera
adjusts the exposure automatically. Take photos quickly and easily by using
Blink Detection
to detect closed eyes or
Smile Shot
to
capture a smiling face. You can also use
Smart Face Recognition
to register faces and prioritise the focus on them.
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Detecting faces
Your camera automatically detects human faces (up to 10 human
faces).
In Shooting mode, select
f
. The nearest face
appears in a white focus frame and the rest of the faces appear in
gray focus frames.
The closer you are to the subject, the quicker your camera will detect
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faces.
If you want to focus faces in gray focus frames, touch them to focus.
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When you use the burst option, the detected faces may not be
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registered.
In some scene modes, face detection is unavailable.
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Face detection may not be effective when:
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the subject is far from the camera (The focus frame will appear
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orange for
Smile Shot
and
Blink Detection
)
it is too bright or too dark
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the subject is not facing the camera
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the subject is wearing sunglasses or a mask
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the subject is in backlighting or the lighting condition is unstable
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the subject’s facial expression changes remarkably
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Face detection is not available when using a photo style.
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When you use the face detection option, the digital zoom will not
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work.
Depending on the selected face defection option, the timer is not
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available or some timer options are not available.
Depending on the selected face detection option, some burst options
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are not available.
When you take photos of detected faces, they will be registered in
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the face list.
You can view registered faces in order of priority in Playback mode.
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(p. 68) Even though faces are registered successfully, they may not be
classified in Playback mode.
The detected face in Shooting mode may not appear in the face list
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or Smart Album.
