Instruction Manual
Table Of Contents
- Notes on using your camera
- Table of Contents
- Preparing the camera
- Before your operation
- Shooting images
- Using the shooting function
- Selecting the focus method
- Detecting faces
- Using the flash
- Adjusting the brightness of the image (Exposure, Flash compensation, Metering)
- Shooting with fixed brightness (AE Lock)
- Using brightness compensation for the entire image (Exposure compensation)
- Adjusting the amount of flash light (Flash Compensation)
- Selecting the flash control mode to set the amount of flash light (Flash control)
- Selecting the method for measuring the brightness of a subject (Metering Mode)
- Setting ISO
- Compensating for the brightness and contrast automatically (D-Range)
- Image processing
- Adjusting the color tones (White balance)
- Selecting the drive mode
- Using the viewing function
- Changing your setup
- Viewing images on a computer
- Printing images
- Others
- Index
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Detecting faces
The camera detects faces, adjusts the focus, exposure, performs image
processing, and adjusts flash settings. The Face Detection function is set to
[On] in the default setting.
The Face Detection frame
To deactivate the Face Detection function
Fn button t (Face Detection) t [Off]
• Compose to overlay the Face Detection frame and the AF area.
Notes
• When the exposure mode is Sweep Panorama, Tele-zoom Continuous Advance
Priority AE, or during movie recording, the Face Detection function cannot be used.
Using the Face Detection function
When the camera detects faces, white
Face Detection frames appear. When the
camera judges that autofocus is possible,
the Face Detection frames turn orange.
When you press the shutter button
halfway down, the Face Detection frames
turn green.
• If a face is not positioned inside the AF
area available when you press the
shutter button halfway down, the AF
area that is used for focusing turns
green.
• When the camera detects multiple
faces, the camera automatically selects
a priority face and the single Face
Detection frame turns orange.
Face Detection frames (orange)
Shooting technique
Face Detection frames
(white)