Reference Manual

58 Basic Settings
❚❚ Face/Eye-Detection AF
When photographing portrait subjects
with Auto-area AF, use Custom Setting
a2 (Auto-area AF face/eye detection)
to choose whether the camera detects
both faces and eyes (face/eye-detection
AF) or only faces (face-detection AF) of
human portrait subjects.
• If Face and eye detection on is
selected and a human face is detected,
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. Face and eye detection on is
enabled at all times in b (auto) mode.
• Faces detected when Face detection on is selected are
similarly indicated by a yellow focus point.
• If AF-C is selected for focus mode, or if the camera is shooting
using AF-C when AF-A is selected for focus mode, the focus point
will light yellow when faces or eyes are detected.
• If AF-S is selected for focus mode, or if the camera is shooting
using AF-S when AF-A is selected for focus mode, the focus point
will turn green when the camera focuses.
• If more than one human face or eye is detected, e and f icons
will appear on the focus point. You will be able to position the
focus point over a different face or eye by pressing 4 or 2.
• If the subject looks away after their face is detected, the focus
point will move to track their motion.
• During playback, you can zoom in on the face or eye used for
focus by pressing J.
Focus point