<< 34 >>Focus AreaYou can select your preferred Focus Areaaccording to the shooting conditions.[FACE DETECTION] : This mode detects theface position of the subjectautomatically and then setsthe focus and exposure.Select this mode for quick and easy portraits.Selectable modes : AUTO, PROGRAM, MANUAL, DUAL IS, PORTRAIT,SCENE (SMILE SHOT, BLINK DETECTION,CHILDREN, BEACH&SNOW, SELF SHOT, CAFÉ)MULTI AFCENTER AFSELF PORTRAITFACE DETECTION3. Press the shutter button halfway. The focus frame turns to green whenthe focus is activated.4. Press the shutter button fully to take a picture.2. The size and position of the auto focus frameis set on the face of the subject automatically.MULTI AFCENTER AFSELF PORTRAITFACE DETECTION1. In a configurable shooting mode, select theFace Detection menu ( ).The Face Detection icon will appear.● This function can detect up to 10 faces.● When the camera recognises many people at the same time, it willfocus on the nearest person.● When the camera detects a target face, the white colour focus framewill be displayed over the target face and the grey colour focus frameappears over the remaining faces. Press the shutter button halfwaydown to focus on the face and the white focus frame turns green.● Return to previous AF mode if face detection failed.● In some conditions this function cannot work properly.- When a person wears dark glasses or some part of the face ishidden.- When the subject does not look at the camera.- Camera doesn’t detect a face as the conditions are too dark or toobright.- The distance between the camera and object is too great.● The maximum available Face Detection range is 3m (Wide).● The nearer the subject, the faster the camera can recognize thesubject.● The Digital zoom is not activated in this mode.● It can only be set if is selected on the photo style selector dial.● The [EFFECT] menu does not work when the [FACE DETECTION]function is set.