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Selecting an AF Frame Mode

Available Shooting Modes p. 189

The AF frame indicates the area of the composition on which the camera focuses.

	The camera detects a face and sets the focus,
	exposure*1 and white balance*2. In addition,
	the camera meters the subject so that the face
Face	is correctly illuminated when the flash fires. If
Detect	no face is detected, the camera shoots using
	[AiAF].
	*1	Only in evaluative metering mode (p. 91).
	*2	Only in		(p. 94).

The camera automatically selects between 9 AiAF AF frames to focus on according to the

shooting conditions.

The AF frame will be fixed to center. This is Center recommended when the target subject is at the

center of the composition.

1 Select [AF Frame].

1. Press the button.

2.In the menu, use the or button to select [AF Frame].

2 Make settings.

1. Use the or button to select [Face Detect], [AiAF] or [Center].

2. Press the button.

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z [Face Detect] cannot be used when the LCD monitor is turned off.

zThe AF frame appears as follows when the shutter button is pressed halfway.

- Green	: In focus
- Yellow	: Focusing difficulty ([Center] option)

- No AF frame : Focusing difficulty ([Face Detect] or [AiAF] option)

Face Detect Feature

zMaximum of three AF frames will be displayed at the positions of faces the camera recognizes. At this point, the frame the camera judges to be the main subject appears in white while the others appear in gray. When the shutter button is pressed halfway and the camera focuses, up to 9 green AF frames may appear.

zThe camera will shoot using [AiAF] not the [Face Detect] function if a white frame fails to appear and only gray frames display, or if a face is not detected.

zThe camera may mistakenly identify non-human subjects as a face.

zIn certain cases, faces may not be detected. Examples:

-If faces are at the edge of the screen, or appear extremely small, large, dark or bright, relative to the overall composition.

-Faces turned to the side or at a diagonal, or faces with a portion hidden.

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Selecting a Subject to Focus On (Face Select and Track)

Available Shooting Modes p. 189

Once the focus is fixed to a subject’s face, the frame can be set to follow the subject within a certain range.

To use the Face Select and Track function, first configure the following settings.

-Set [AF Frame] to [Face Detect] (p. 82).

-Register the (Face Detect) function to the button (p. 101).

1Select a face you wish to focus on.

1.When a face is detected, press the button.

• The camera enters face	Face Frame
designation mode, and the face
frame ( ) of the main subject
displays in green. Even if the
subject moves, the frame will follow
the subject within a certain range.

2.Select the person you wish to focus on.

•When several faces have been detected, pressing the or

button will move the face frame to another subject.

•The face frame will not display when a face is not detected.

• Holding down the DISP. button will		Face Frame
display face frames (up to 35) of all
the detected faces (green: face of
main subject, white: detected
faces).
• Pressing the	button will release

the face designation mode.

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3.Press the button again.

•The camera exits face designation

mode, and the face frame ( ) of the main subject will change to white (the frame will continue to follow the subject within a certain range).

2 Press the shutter button halfway.

• The face frame ( ) of main subject will change into .

3 Press the shutter button fully to shoot.

In the following cases, the face select mode will be canceled.

-When turning the power back on

-Using the digital zoom

-When the button is pressed to display the menu

-When a selected face cannot be tracked for several seconds

-When the display is turned off

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Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects

(Focus Lock, AF Lock)

Available Shooting Modes p. 189

It may be difficult to focus on the following types of subjects.

•Subjects with extremely low contrast to the surroundings

•Scenes with a mixture of near and far subjects

•Subjects with extremely bright objects at the center of the composition

•Subjects that are moving quickly

•Subjects through glass

When this happens, first lock the focus and then recompose the shot.

Shooting with the Focus Lock

Pressing the shutter button halfway locks the focus.

1 Aim the camera so that an object at the same focal distance as the main subject is centered in the viewfinder or in the AF frame displayed on the LCD monitor.

2 Keep the shutter button pressed halfway while you recompose the image.

3 Press the shutter button fully to shoot the image.

Shooting with the AF Lock

You can release the shutter button while recomposing the shot.

1 Turn on the LCD monitor.

2 Aim the camera so that an object at the same focal distance as the main subject is centered in the AF frame.

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3 Press the shutter button halfway and press the

button.

• will display.

4 Recompose the image and press the shutter button fully.

To Release the AF Lock:

Press the button.

z When shooting with the focus lock or AF lock using the LCD monitor, setting [AF Frame] to [Center] (p. 82) makes shooting easier since the camera focuses using the center AF frame only.

zAF frames do not display in mode.

zTry to shoot as close to the glass as possible to reduce the chances of light reflecting back off the glass when you shoot a subject through glass.

Functions Shooting Advanced