Convenient shooting functions – Face detection/tracking AE&AF function
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Face detection/tracking AE&AF function
Face detection AE&AF function
Faces are detected from images during recording, and the detected faces are focused on and the exposure is matched.
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Switch to auto mode with the <AUTO/MANU> switch. (
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Either press the USER button assigned to [FACE DETECT] or touch the USER button
icon. (
Assigning functions to the USER buttons: 65
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It is set in the [USER12] button icon at the time of purchase.
[FACE] is displayed on the camera image screen and face detection starts. (Face detection mode)
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Faces that are detected are displayed with an outline (orange for the dominant face (A), white for detected faces (B)).
Auto focus and exposure compensation are performed on the main face frame.
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The maximum number of face detection outlines is 9, with larger faces and the faces closer to the center of the screen
prioritized.
Tracking AE&AF function
When you touch any of the subjects when in the face detection mode, focus and exposure continue automatically even if that
subject moves.
[TRACK] is displayed on the camera image screen and tracking starts. (Tracking mode)
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A green frame (tracking frame) is displayed on the subject that was touched.
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To change the subject being tracked, touch any subject.
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In the following cases, the unit returns to face detection mode.
– Turn the power off and then on again.
– The <THUMBNAIL> button is pressed to switch between the thumbnail screen and the camera image screen.
– Either press the USER button assigned to [FACE DETECT] or touch the USER button icon.
– Press the <EXIT> button.
– When it is no longer possible to track the touched subject
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* The tracking frame flashes red, then goes out after approximately 3 seconds. The tracking mode continues if the subject is
detected before the tracking frame goes out or if a different subject is touched.
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