Instruction Manual

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6. Focus and Exposure Settings
The camera automatically detects a person’s face and eyes.
The eye closer to the camera will be in focus, while the exposure will be optimized for the face.
(When [Metering Mode] is set to [ ])
• Up to 15 faces can be detected. Only the eyes of the face that is in focus can be detected.
When the camera detects a face, the AF area and the mark
indicating the eye to be in focus are displayed.
Yellow:
When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the frame turns
green when the camera is focused.
White:
Displayed when more than one face is detected. Other faces
that are the same distance away as faces within the yellow
AF areas are also focused.
A The eye to be in focus
• You can change the position and size of the AF area and the eye to be in focus. (P146)
• When [š] is selected and [Metering Mode] is set to multiple [ ], the camera will adjust the
exposure to suit the person’s face. (P164)
Under certain picture-taking conditions including the following cases, the Face/Eye Detection
Function may fail to work, making it impossible to detect faces. The AF Mode is switched to
[].
– When the person is not facing the camera
– When the face is at an angle
– When the face is extremely bright or dark
– When the facial features are hidden behind sunglasses, etc.
– When the face appears small on the screen
– When there is little contrast on the faces
– When person moves rapidly
– When the subject is not a human being
– When the camera is shaking
Autofocus modes
About [š] ([Face/Eye Detection])
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