105Shooting Options: The Shooting MenuShooting, Playback and Setup MenusFace PriorityWhen the camera is pointed at a people’s face, the camera automaticallyrecognizes the face and will focus on it.In the following cases, the face priority feature will take effect.• When AF area mode is set to Face priority (default setting) (A 103)• When Scene mode is set to Portrait (A 34) or Night portrait (A 35)• When the scene auto selector mode is selected (A 42)• When the smile mode is selected (A 46)1 Frame a pictureWhen the camera recognizes a face (front view), that facewill be framed by a yellow double border.If more than one face is recognized, the operations will vary with the shooting modes as follows.2 Press the shutter-release button halfwayFocus will be on the face framed by the double border. Thedouble border will glow green once focus has been locked.When the camera is unable to focus, the double borderwill blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway and tryfocusing again.Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way downto take the picture.You don’t need to press the shutter-release button halfway in the smile mode. If thecamera detects the smiling face, the shutter is automatically released (A 46).Shooting mode Faces framed by a doubleborderThe number of facesto be recognizedA (auto) mode (FacePriority) The face positioned at thenearest to the camera.* The other faces are framedby a single border.Up to 12Scene mode:Night portraitScene auto selector modeScene mode: Portrait The face positioned at thenearest center of the screen.* The other faces are framedby a single border.Smile mode Up to 3101818F3.51/1251/125 F3.5
