User's Manual

57Basic Settings
❚❚ Face/Eye-Detection AF
When photographing portrait subjects
with
Auto-area AF , use Custom Setting
a4 ( Auto-area AF face/eye detection ) to
choose whether the camera detects both
faces and eyes (face/eye-detection AF) or
only faces (face-detection AF). If Face and
eye detection on is selected and a
portrait subject is detected, an amber
border indicating the focus point will
appear around the subject’s face or, if the
camera detects the subject’s eyes, one or
the other of their eyes (face/eye-
detection AF). Faces detected when Face
detection on is selected are similarly indicated by an amber focus
point. If AF-C is selected for focus mode, the focus point will light
amber when faces or eyes are detected, while if AF-S is selected,
the focus point will turn green when the camera focuses.
If more than one portrait subject or more than one eye is
detected, e and f icons will appear on the focus point, and you
will be able to position the focus point over a different face or
eye by pressing 4 or 2. If the subject looks away after their face
is detected, the focus point will move to track their motion.
During playback, you can zoom in on the face or eye used for
focus by pressing J.
D Face/Eye-Detection AF
Eye detection is not available in movie mode. Eye and face detection
may not perform as expected if:
• the subject’s face occupies a very large or very small proportion of
the frame,
• the subject’s face is lit too brightly or too poorly,
• the subject is wearing glasses or sunglasses,
• the subject’s face or eyes are obscured by hair or other objects, or
• the subject moves excessively during shooting.
Focus point