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Advanced (Recording pictures)
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About [
š
]
When the camera detects a person’s face, the following color AF area is displayed.
Yellow:
When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the frame turns green when the camera is
focused.
White:
Displayed when more than one face is detected. Other faces that are the same distance
away as faces within the yellow AF areas are also focused.
•
When [
š
] is selected and [METERING MODE] is set to multiple [
C
], the camera will adjust
the exposure to suit the person’s face.
•
Under certain picture-taking conditions including the following cases, the facial recognition
function may fail to work, making it impossible to detect faces. [AF MODE] is switched to [
].
–
When the face is not facing the camera
–
When the face is at an angle
–
When the face is extremely bright or dark
–
When there is little contrast on the faces
–
When the facial features are hidden behind sunglasses, etc.
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When the face appears small on the screen
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When there is rapid movement
–
When the subject is other than a human being
–
When the camera is shaking
•
The face detection function is not activated when using the digital zoom.
Note
•
If it fails to lock, AF area will flash in red, and disappear. Try to lock again.
•
AF Tracking will not operate when it has failed to AF track. AF mode will be switched to [
Ø
] in
that case.
•
[
] will operate as [
Ø
] in the [STANDARD] (
), [DYNAMIC] (
) or [SMOOTH]
(
) in film mode.
•
Dynamic tracking function may not work in the following cases:
–
When the subject is too small
–
When the recording location is too dark or bright
Setting up [
] (AF Tracking)
Bring the subject to the AF
tracking frame, and press the
shutter button halfway to lock
the subject.
A
AF tracking frame (White)
B
AF tracking frame (Yellow)
•
AF area will continuously focus and
exposure on the subject’s movement
once the subject is recognized.
(Dynamic tracking)
•
AF tracking is canceled when
[
MENU/
SET
]
or
2
is pressed.
•
Once it is locked, it will keep on dynamic
tracking even if you release the shutter
button.
Before locking
Locked
Take the picture.
A
B