Shooting options 46Using face detectionIf you use face detection options, your camera can automatically detect a human face. When you focus on a human face, the cameraadjusts the exposure automatically. Take photos quickly and easily by using Blink Detection to detect closed eyes or Smile Shot tocapture a smiling face.Detecting facesYour camera automatically detects human faces (up to 10 facesin one scene).The nearest face appears ina white focus frame and therest of the faces appear ingray focus frames.1 In Shooting mode, press [ ].2 Select Shooting → Face Detection → Normal.• The nearest face appears in a white focus frame and the restof the faces appear in gray focus frames.The closer you are to the subject, the quicker your camera detects faces.• If the camera recognizes any number of faces, the focusautomatically tracks the motion of those faces.• In some scene modes, face detection is unavailable.• Face detection may not be effective when:- the subject is far from the camera (The focus frame will appearorange for Smile Shot and Blink Detection.)- it is too bright or too dark- the subject is not facing the camera- the subject is wearing sunglasses or a mask- the subject is backlit or the lighting condition is unstable- the subject’s facial expression changes remarkably• Face detection is not available when using a Photo Style Selector, orimage adjustment option or when used with Tracking AF.• Face detection is not available when you are using the digital zoom.• Depending on the face detection option you selected, the timer orsome timer options are not available.• Depending on the face detection option you selected, somecontinuous options are not available.• When you set face detection options, the AF area is automaticallyset to Multi AF.