Canon 2092B001 PowerShot A720 IS Camera User Guide - Page 93

Various Shooting Methods 91 2 Accept the setting. 1. Use the or button to select [Face Detect], [AiAF], [Center] or [FlexiZone]. 2. Press the button. • Changing the AF Frame Size (p. 92) • Changing the AF Frame Position (p. 93) z [Face Detect] and [FlexiZone] cannot be used when the LCD monitor is turned off. z The AF frame appears as follows (when the LCD monitor is on) when the shutter button is pressed halfway. - Green : Shooting preparations complete - Yellow : Focusing difficulty ([Center], [FlexiZone] options) - No AF frame : Focusing Difficulty ([Face Detect], [AiAF] options) Face Detect Feature z Maximum of three AF frames will be displayed at the position of the face the camera recognizes. At this point, the frame the camera judges to be the main subject appears in white while the others appear in gray. When the shutter button is pressed halfway, up to 9 green AF frames may appear. z The camera will shoot using [AiAF] not the [Face Detect] function if a white frame fails to appear and only grey frames display, or if a face is not detected. z The camera may mistakenly identify non-human subjects as a face. z In certain cases, faces may not be detected. Examples: - If faces are at the edge of the screen, or appear extremely small, large, dark or bright, relative to the overall composition. - Faces turned to the side or at a diagonal, or faces with a portion hidden.