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Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode)
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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 45) is set to Face priority
• In Scene auto selector (A 52), Portrait (A 54), and Night portrait (A 55)
scene modes
• In smart portrait mode (A 63)
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.
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
and 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 65) 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 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, 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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