Sony SLT-A37M User Manual - Page 112

Adjusting the focus - The subject is moving too quickly. - The subject is too small, or too large. - The contrast between the subject and the background is poor. - The subject is under dark lighting. - The ambient light changes. • The Object Tracking function cannot be used when the exposure mode is set to Sweep Panorama, 3D Sweep Panorama, Tele-zoom Continuous Priority AE or [Hand-held Twilight] in Scene Selection is used, the manual focus function is selected. • The camera stops tracking a subject when the subject moves off of the screen. To preferentially-track the face You can select whether to preferentially-track a certain face or not when the camera detects that face during object tracking. MENU button t 4 t [Face Priority Tracking] t [On] When the face is not visible on the screen, the camera tracks the body, and when the face is visible, the camera tracks the face. If the targeted person disappears from the screen while the camera is tracking, and then returns to the screen, the camera focuses on that face again. • If the camera tracks a face using the Object Tracking function with Smile Shutter turned on, the face becomes the target of the smile detection feature. • If you set the detected face as a target, even when [Face Priority Tracking] is set to [Off], the camera tracks the body when the face is not visible. If the targeted person disappears from the screen while the camera is tracking, and then returns to the screen, the camera focuses on that face again. 112