Owner's Manual

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Focus

Focusing on the faces or eyes of animals (animal-

det

ection AF)

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If [Wide-area AF (L-animals)] or [Auto-area AF (animals)] is selected

for [AF-area mode] in the photo shooting menu or video recording

menu, the camera detects the faces and eyes of dogs and cats (animal-

detection AF).

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hen the camera detects a face of a dog or cat, a yellow border

indicating the focus point will appear around the subject’s face. If the

camera detects the subject’s eyes, the yellow focus point will instead

appear over one or the other of their eyes.

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f AF-C is selected for focus mode or if AF-A is selected and the

camera is using AF-C, the focus point will light yellow when faces or

eyes are detected.

･ If AF-S is selected for focus mode or if AF-A is selected and the

camera is using AF-S, the focus point will turn green when the

camera focuses.

･ If [Auto-area AF (animals)] is selected and more than one animal or

more than one eye is detected,

and

icons will appear on the

focus point. You will be able to position the focus point over a

dierent face or eye by pressing