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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode)
More on Shooting
Face Priority
When the camera is pointed at a human face, face recognition, which the camera
automatically recognizes that face and focus on it, starts. The face priority function
is activated in the following situations.
• AF area mode (A 44) is set to Face priority
• In Scene auto selector (A 51), Portrait (A 53) and Night portrait (A 54)
scene modes
• In smart portrait mode (A 62)
1 Frame a picture.
When the camera recognizes a face, that face is framed
by a yellow double border.
When the camera recognizes more than one face, operation varies as follows depending
upon the shooting mode.
Shooting mode Faces framed by double border
Number of faces that
can be recognized
A (auto) mode
(face priority)
The face closest to the camera
• Other faces framed by single
border.
Up to 12
Scene auto selector,
Portrait, 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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