51Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode)More on ShootingFace PriorityWhen the camera is pointed at a human face, face recognition, which the cameraautomatically recognizes that face and focus on it, starts. The face priority functionis activated in the following situations.• AF area mode (A 49) is set to Face priority• In Scene auto selector (A 56), Portrait (A 58), and Night portrait (A 59)scene modes• In smart portrait mode (A 67)1 Frame a picture.When the camera recognizes a face, that face is framedby a yellow double border.When the camera recognizes more than one face, operation varies as follows dependingupon the shooting mode.2 Press the shutter-release button halfway.The camera focuses on the face framed by the doubleborder. The double border turns green and focus is locked.When the camera is unable to focus, the double borderwill blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway againand focus.Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way downto take a picture.If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling in smartportrait mode, the Smile timer (A 69) is activated and the shutter is automaticallyreleased without the shutter-release button having been pressed.Shooting mode Face framed by double border Number of faces thatcan be recognizedA (auto) mode(face priority) The face closest to the camera• Other faces framed by singleborder.Up to 12Scene auto selector,Portrait, or Nightportrait scene modeSmart portrait modeThe face closest to the center ofthe frame• Other faces framed by singleborder.Up to 388F 3.5F 3.51 / 2 5 01 / 2 5 0
