Canon XF300 User Manual

Recording
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Adjusting the Focus
Detecting and Focusing On Faces
The camcorder can detect a person’s face during autofocus mode,
automatically focus on it, and even track it if the person moves. When
there are a number of people in the picture, one person (with the white
face detection frame) will be determined to be the main subject and the
camcorder will focus on that person’s face.
1 Open the [Face AF] submenu.
[l Camera Setup] [AF Mode] [Face AF]
2 Select [On] and then press SET.
3 Set an assignable button to [Select Face] (0 113).
4 Point the camcorder at the subject.
• If there is more than one person in the picture, the camcorder will
automatically select one person it determines is the main subject.
The camcorder will indicate the main subject with a white face
detection frame and other faces with gray frames.
• To change the main subject when there is more than one person,
press the assignable button set to [Select Face].
NOTES
• The camcorder may mistakenly detect the faces of non-human
subjects. In such case, turn face detection off.
• In certain cases, faces may not be detected correctly. Typical examples
include:
- Faces extremely small, large, dark or bright in relation to the overall
picture.
- Faces that are turned to the side, at a diagonal or partially hidden.
• Face detection cannot be used in the following cases:
- When the shutter speed used is slower than 1/30 (1/24 if the frame
rate is set to [24P]).
- When using slow & fast motion recording mode and the shooting
frame rate is set to less than 24P.
- When [J Other Functions] [Custom Function] [Scan Reverse
Rec] is set to [Both], [Vertical] or [Horizontal].
• When a subject's face is detected, the camcorder adds an event
marker to that frame. You can then use the supplied Canon XF Utility
software to search for event marks in a clip.
• If you set an assignable button to [Face AF] (0 113), you can press
the button to activate this autofocus mode.
[l Camera Setup]
[AF Mode]
[Face AF]
[Off]
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Canon XF300 Specifications

General

Filter size	82 mm
Digital zoom	1.5 x
Optical zoom	18 x
Image stabilizer	Yes
Focal length range	4.1 - 73.8 mm
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)	29.3 - 527.4 mm
Sensor type	CMOS
Total megapixels	2.37 MP
Optical sensor size	1/3 \
Video out	1
Flash memory	32768 MB
Aperture range (F-F)	1.6 - 22
Horizontal resolution	1000 lines
Power consumption (typical)	9 W
Viewfinder resolution	1550000 pixels
Viewfinder screen size	0.57 \
Display diagonal	4 \
ISO sensitivity	Auto
Normal focusing range	0.02 - 1 m
Maximum frame rate	50 fps
Maximum video resolution	1920 x 1080 pixels
Image formats supported	JPG
Audio formats supported	MP3
Camera shutter speed	1/18 - 1/2000 s
Microphone in	No
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Compatible memory cards	SD, SDHC
Product color	Black
Video recording time	1.2 h
Operating temperature (T-T)	-5 - 45 °C

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	180 mm
Width	394 mm
Height	192 mm
Weight	2700 g