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Adjusting the focus
• To capture persons, you can detect and track the person's face using the
following settings: [Object Tracking] is set to [On(Tracking focus w/
shutter)], [AF area] is set to [Wide], and [Smile/Face Detect.] is set to
[Face Detection On].
• When the subject is small on the Live View screen, you can track the
subject certainly by limiting the area used to focus on the subject using
the following settings: [Object Tracking] is set to [On(Tracking focus w/
shutter)], [AF area] is set to [Local] or [Zone].
1 Set [Focus Mode] to [Continuous AF] or [Depth Map Assist
Continuous AF] (page 91).
2 Fn button t (Object Tracking) t [On(Tracking focus w/
shutter)]
3 Press the shutter button halfway
down so that the camera
automatically locks onto a target
and tracks the subject.
The camera continues to focus while the
shutter button is pressed and held
halfway down. When the focus is
achieved, the target frame turns to green.
Target frame
4 Press the shutter button to shoot the subject.
When the AF area is set to [Wide], the camera starts tracking the subject from
the area that the camera decided automatically.
The camera focus on the subject using all the areas during tracking.
• The camera can start tracking the subject from the selected area when [AF
area] is set to [Local] or [Zone].
Shooting techniques