Setting the AF frame (Set the AF frame to Face Detect)

Last Updated : 31-Mar-2009
Issue Number : 8200439200

Solution

When you set [AF Frame] to [Face AiAF], the camera will recognize the face of the subject, and the [AF Frame] will start to follow the targeted face. This setting is useful when shooting portraits because the face can be easily brought into focus.

This section explains the process of setting [AF Frame] to [Face AiAF].

CAUTION

As the actual locations of buttons / switches on cameras vary depending on the camera model, the illustrations that appear on this page may differ from your camera.
Screens or menu listings may differ depending on the camera model being used.
When the [Shooting Mode] is set to [AUTO] () or [Easy] (), [AF Frame] will automatically be set to [Face AiAF]; therefore, it is not required to perform the following procedures.
If a face is not detected and only gray frames (no white frame) appear, the setting will change to [AiAF]. (From the nine AF frames, an [AF Frame] will be automatically selected to bring the image into focus.)
The following explanations are provided based on the assumption that the [Shooting Mode] is set to [Program AE] ().
In the following shooting modes, you cannot set the [Face AiAF].