Using AF to Focus (AF Method)1942 Focus the subject.Press the shutter button halfway andthe camera will focus the facecovered by the <p> frame.X When focus is achieved, the AF pointwill turn green and the beeper willsound.X If focus is not achieved, the AF pointwill turn orange.If a face cannot be detected, the AFpoint < > will be displayed and AFwill be executed at the center.3 Take the picture.Check the focus and exposure, thenpress the shutter button completely totake the picture (p.180).If the focus is far off, face detection will not be possible. If the lensenables manual focusing even while the lens focus mode switch is set to<AF>, turn the focusing ring to attain rough focus. The face will then bedetected and <p> will be displayed.An object other than a human face may be detected as a face.Face detection will not work if the face is very small or large in the picture,too bright or too dark, titled horizontally or diagonally, or partially hidden.The <p> may cover only part of the face.You can press the <0> or <L> button to switch to FlexiZone - Single(p.192), and use <9> to move the AF point. To return to u (Facedetection) Live mode, press <0> or the <L> button again.Since AF is not possible with a face detected near the edge of thepicture, the <p> will be grayed out. Then if you press the shutter buttonhalfway, the center AF point < > will be used to focus.COPY
