PowerShot Technology Guide Fall/Winter 2007

Face Detection Technology

Making Photography More

Intuitive Than Ever

FACE DETECTION AF/AE/FE*

Face Detection AF finds faces, tracks them as you frame your shot,

then delivers perfect focus. New models let you select, track and

focus a single face within a group. The new SX100 IS is equipped

with a Face Selector Button to operate this feature easily.

Face Detection AE makes all your group shots better by properly

illuminating both the faces and the background areas.

Face Detection FE adjusts the flash exposure based on the

location of the faces in the frame.

Technologies

Without Face Detection

With Face Detection

Face Selector AF* enables focusing on a specific face only. The

selected face is double-framed and tracked when the face moves

in the frame.

Focus and track on the target face without fail

Select the main

photographic subject

FACE DETECTION TECHNOLOGY

†

Cameras equipped with the X

IIIIII

Image Processor feature

Face Detection AF/AE/FE. Face Detection tracks and finds faces

automatically. When the shutter button is pressed halfway, it

focuses and meters to provide proper illumination of both the

faces and the overall scene, and to provide flash that is correctly

adjusted for the location of the faces.

FACE SELECTOR BUTTON*

Select a face in the frame and then lock-on by

pressing the Face Selector Button. Your camera

will now track your subject wherever they move in

your viewfinder and focus and expose according

to that face. Perfect for any situation where you

want to follow a single subject in a crowd.

Without Face Detection With Face Detection

† Face Detection only detects faces facing forward. And shows up to 9 frames or 35 frames on select models.

* Not on all models.