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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
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AF Area Mode
Choose where the camera focuses.
When digital zoom is effect, the camera will focus on the subject in the center of
the screen regardless of the applied AF area mode option.
z
Face priority
The camera detects and focuses on a face looking
toward the camera (Shooting with Face Priority
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145). If the camera detects multiple faces, the
camera focuses on the face closest to the camera.
When shooting pictures of subjects other than people,
or framing a subject with which no face is recognized,
AF area mode will be set to
Auto
. The camera chooses
the focus area (one of nine) containing the subject
closest to the camera and focuses on the subject.
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When the monitor has been turned off, the camera
focuses using only the center focus area.
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Auto (default setting)
Camera automatically selects the focus area (one of
nine) containing the subject closest to the camera.
Press the shutter-release button halfway to activate
the focus area.
When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway,
the focus area selected by the camera will be displayed
in the monitor.
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When the monitor has been turned off, the camera
focuses using only the center focus area.
x
Manual
Choose the focus position from 99 areas in the screen.
This option is suited to situations in which the
intended subject is relatively still and not positioned in
the center of the frame. Press the multi selector
HIJK
to select from the focus areas displayed on
the screen, move the focus to that position and shoot
the subject.
To end focus area selection and adjust the flash mode,
focus mode, self-timer and exposure compensation
settings, press the
k
button. To return to the focus
area selection screen, press the
k
button again.
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At an
Image size
setting (
126) of
H
3168×3168
,
81 focus areas are available.
1/125
F2.7
1/125
F2.7
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14
Focus area
1/125
F2.7
1/125
F2.7
14
14
14
Focus area
Focus area
Selectable focus areas
