Operating instructions

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Advanced (Recording pictures)
About [š]
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.
•
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.
– When the face appears small on the screen
– When there is rapid movement
– When the subject is other than a human being
– When the camera is shaking
– When digital zoom is used
About [ƒ]
•
You can focus on the subject more quickly than other AF modes.
• The picture may stop moving for a moment before being brought into focus when you press the
shutter button halfway. This is not a malfunction.
Note
•
The camera is focusing on all the AF areas when multiple AF areas (max. 9 areas) light at the same time.
If you want to determine the focus position to take pictures, switch the AF mode to [
ƒ ] or [ Ø ].
• If the AF mode is set to [•], the AF area is not displayed until the picture is brought into focus.
• The camera may detect subjects other than a person as the face. In this case, switch the AF
mode to any modes other than [š] and then take a picture.
• The AF mode cannot be set in [FIREWORKS] in scene mode.
• It is not possible to set [š] in the following cases.
– In [NIGHT SCENERY], [FOOD], [STARRY SKY], [AERIAL PHOTO] and [UNDERWATER] in scene mode.
– In motion picture mode.
[ƒ]: 1-area-focusing
(High speed)
The camera quickly focuses on the subject in the AF area on
the centre of the screen.
[Ø]: 1-area-focusing The camera focuses on the subject in the AF area on the
centre of the screen.
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