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Focusing
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Notes About Target Finding AF
•
Depending on shooting conditions, the subject that the camera determines to be the
main subject may vary.
•
The main subject may not be detected when using certain
White balance
or
Picture
Control
settings.
•
The camera may not detect the main subject appropriately in the following situations:
- When the subject is very dark or bright
- When the main subject lacks clearly defined colors
- When the shot is framed so that the main subject is on the edge of the screen
- When the main subject is composed of a repeating pattern
Using Face Detection
In the following settings, the camera uses face
detection to automatically focus on human faces.
•
s
(night portrait),
Scene auto selector
, or
Portrait
scene mode (
•
Creative mode (
•
a
(smile timer) (
•
When
AF area mode
Face
priority
If the camera detects more than one face, a double border is displayed around the
face that the camera focuses on, and single borders are displayed around the other
faces.
If the shutter-release button is pressed halfway when no faces are detected:
•
When
Scene auto selector
is selected, the focus area changes depending on the
shooting conditions that the camera recognizes.
•
In
s
(night portrait) and
Portrait
, the camera focuses on the area in the center of
the frame.
•
In creative mode or when
AF area mode
is set to
Face priority
, the camera
selects the focus area containing the subject closest to the camera.
•
When
a
(smile timer) is selected, the camera focuses on the subject in the center
of the frame.
B
Notes About Face Detection
•
The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including the direction
in which the faces are looking.
•
The camera cannot 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
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