User Manual

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Shooting Features
Focusing
Using Face Detection
In the following shooting modes, the camera uses face
detection to automatically focus on human faces. If the camera
detects more than one face, a double border is displayed
around the face that the camera will focus on, and single
borders are displayed around the other faces.
• If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera
will focus on the subject in the center of the frame.
Shooting mode
Number of faces that
can be detected
Focus area (double border)
Portrait (A 36) and Night portrait
(A 37) in G (easy auto) mode
Up to 12 The face closest to the camera
Portrait (A 36) and Night portrait
(A 37) in scene mode
Smart portrait mode (A 43) Up to 3
The face closest to the center
of the frame
9 7 0
970
1 5 m 0 s
15m 0s
B Notes About Face Detection
• The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not the subject
is facing the camera. Additionally, the camera may be unable to 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
•
When the frame includes more than one face, the faces detected by the camera and the face on which the
camera focuses depend upon a variety of factors, including the direction in which the faces are looking.
• In some rare cases, such as those described in “Autofocus” (A 28), the subject may not be in
focus even though the double border turns green. Should this occur, use another mode, such as
A (auto) mode, and try focus lock shooting (A 64) by focusing on another subject that is the
same distance from the camera.