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Changing A (Auto) Mode Settings (Shooting Menu)
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Face Detection
When the camera is pointed at a human face, face detection, which the camera
automatically detects that face and focus on it, starts. The face detection function
is activated in the following situations.
• AF area mode (A 45) is set to Face priority
• In Scene auto selector (A 52), Portrait (A 54), or Night portrait (A 55)
scene mode
• In smart portrait mode (A 64)
* For information about face detection when using subject tracking mode, see
“Focusing on a Moving Subject (Subject Tracking Mode)” (A 67).
1 Frame a picture.
When the camera detects a face, that face is framed by a
yellow double border.
When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies as follows depending
upon the shooting mode.
2 Press the shutter-release button halfway.
The camera focuses on the face framed by the double
border. The double border turns green and focus is locked.
When the camera is unable to focus, the double border will
blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway again to focus.
Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down
to take a picture.
If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling in smart
portrait mode, the Smile timer (A 66) is activated and the shutter is automatically
released without the shutter-release button having been pressed.
Shooting mode Face framed by double border
Number of faces
that can be detected
A (auto) mode
(Face priority)
The face closest to the camera
• Other faces framed by single border.
Up to 12
Scene auto selector,
Portrait, or Night
portrait scene mode
Smart portrait mode
The face closest to the center of the
frame
• Other faces framed by single border.
Up to 3
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