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Distortion Control, Notes about Face Priority

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Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu B Notes about Face Priority • In Face priority, if the shutter-release button is pressed halfway when no faces are recognized, AF area mode will be set to Auto. • In the Portrait, Night portrait settings or the smile mode of scene mode, if the shutter-release button is pressed halfway when no faces are recognized, focus will be set on the center of the screen. • The camera may be unable to detect faces in the following situations: - When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or other obstructions - When faces take up too much or too little of the frame - When the subject is not looking directly at the camera • The camera's ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not the subject is facing the camera. • In some rare cases shooting subjects with which autofocus may not perform as expected (A 25), the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the double border glows green. If the subject is not in focus, switch to Manual or Center for AF area mode in A (auto) mode, try to use the focus lock (A 104) and refocus on another subject positioned at the same distance from the camera. Pictures taken in Face Priority, while in full-frame playback, the image is automatically rotated to the vertical direction of the captured face and displayed. • Pictures taken in Face Priority, while in full-frame playback, will be rotated (if necessary) and displayed. Q Distortion Control Specify whether or not the distortion is corrected. Enabling distortion control reduces the size of the frame. On Distortion at frame peripheries is corrected. Off (default setting) No distortion correction performed. At settings other than Off, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor (A 6). 106

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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
B
Notes about Face Priority
•
In
Face priority
, if the shutter-release button is pressed halfway when no faces are recognized, AF
area mode will be set to
Auto
.
•
In the
Portrait
,
Night portrait
settings or the smile mode of scene mode, if the shutter-release
button is pressed halfway when no faces are recognized, focus will be set on the center of the
screen.
•
The camera may be unable to detect faces in the following situations:
-
When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or other obstructions
-
When faces take up too much or too little of the frame
-
When the subject is not looking directly at the camera
•
The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not the
subject is facing the camera.
•
In some rare cases shooting subjects with which autofocus may not perform as expected (
A
25),
the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the double border glows green. If the subject
is not in focus, switch to
Manual
or
Center
for AF area mode in
A
(auto) mode, try to use the
focus lock (
A
104) and refocus on another subject positioned at the same distance from the
camera. Pictures taken in Face Priority, while in full-frame playback, the image is automatically
rotated to the vertical direction of the captured face and displayed.
•
Pictures taken in Face Priority, while in full-frame playback, will be rotated (if necessary) and
displayed.
Q
Distortion Control
Specify whether or not the distortion is corrected. Enabling distortion control
reduces the size of the frame.
At settings other than
Off
, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the
monitor (
A
6).
On
Distortion at frame peripheries is corrected.
Off (default setting)
No distortion correction performed.