Owner's Manual

Using AF to Focus
Focus the subject.
$ Press the shutter button halfway and
the camera will focus the face
covered by the
< ~ : > frame.
~ When focus is achieved, the AF point will
turn green and the beeper will sound.
~' If focus is not achieved, the AF point
will turn red.
~ If a face cannot be detected, the AF
point
<0> will be displayed and the
center AF point will be used for
focusing.
3 Take the picture.
(f$ Check the focus and exposure, then
press the shutter button completely to
take the picture (p.132).
U @t If the focus is way off, face detection will not be possible. If the lens
enables manual focusing even while the lens focus switch is set to
<AF>, turn the focusing ring to attain rough focus. The face will then be
detected and <: ). will be displayed.
* An object other than a human face might be detected as a face.
~ Face detection will not work if the face is very small or large in the picture,
too bright or too dark, titled horizontally or diagonally, or partially hidden.
• The
<: :> focusing frame might cover only part of the face.
CiI • When you press < ~f; > straight down, it will switch to the Live mode
(p.138).
You can tilt < ~;: > to move the AF point. If you press < ~f~ > straight
down again, it will switch back
to ~ (face detection) Live mode.
~ Since AF is not possible with a face detected near the edge of the
picture, the
<:: > will be grayed out. Then if you press the shutter button
halfway, the center AF point
<0> will be used to focus.
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