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Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode)
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B Notes on Face Priority
• If the camera is unable to recognize any faces when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway
with AF area mode set to Face priority, the AF area mode setting automatically switches to
Auto.
• If no faces are recognized when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway in Portrait or Night
portrait scene mode or smart portrait mode, the camera will focus on the subject at the center of
the frame.
• The camera may be unable to recognize faces in the following situations:
- When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or otherwise obstructed
- When faces take up too much or too little of the frame
• When the frame includes more than one face, the faces recognized by the camera and the face on
which the camera focuses depend upon a variety of factors, including the direction in which the
faces are looking.
• In some rare cases, the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the double border turns
green (A 27). Should this occur, switch to A (auto) mode and set AF area mode to Manual or
Center, refocus on another subject positioned at the same distance from the camera as the actual
portrait subject, and use focus lock (A 46).
• When pictures in which a face was recognized during shooting are displayed in full-frame
playback mode or thumbnail playback mode, depending upon the orientation of the recognized
face, the pictures may be automatically rotated for playback display except pictures taken with
Continuous, BSS, Multi-shot 16, and Sport continuous (A42).
I Autofocus Mode
Choose how the camera focuses.
B Note on Autofocus Mode
There may be functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See “Camera Settings that
Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously” (A49) for more information.
B Note on the Autofocus Mode Setting for Subject Tracking Mode
Autofocus mode can be set for subject tracking mode. The default setting in subject tracking
mode is Full-time AF. Autofocus mode can be set independently for both subject tracking mode
and A (auto) mode.
D Autofocus mode for Movie Recording
Autofocus mode for movie recording can be set with Autofocus mode (A104) in the movie
menu (A102).
A (auto) M d (Shooting menu) M IAutofocus mode
A Single AF (default setting)
The camera focuses when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.
B Full-time AF
The camera focuses continuously until the shutter-release button is pressed down
halfway. Use with moving subjects. The sound of lens drive movement will be heard
while the camera focuses.