Changing the AF Frame Mode

Change the AF (auto focus) frame mode to suit the shooting conditions as follows

Press the MENU button, choose [AF Frame] on the tab, and then choose the desired option

Face AiAF

• Detects people’s faces, and then sets the focus, exposure (evaluative metering only), and white balance (AWB only).

• After you aim the camera at the subject, a white frame is displayed around the person’s face determined by the camera to be the main subject, and up to two gray frames are displayed around other detected faces.

• When the camera detects movement, frames will follow moving subjects, within a certain range.

• After you press the shutter button halfway, up to nine green frames are displayed around faces in focus.

• If faces are not detected, or when only gray frames are displayed (without a white frame), up to nine green frames are displayed in the areas in focus when you press the shutter button halfway.

• If faces are not detected when Servo AF is set to [On], the AF frame is displayed in the center of the screen when you press the shutter button halfway.

• Examples of faces that cannot be detected:

- Subjects that are distant or extremely close

-  Subjects that are dark or light

-  Faces in profile, at an angle, or partly hidden

• The camera may misinterpret non-human subjects as faces.

• No AF frames are displayed if the camera cannot focus when you press the shutter button halfway

Center

One AF frame is displayed in the center. Effective for reliable focusing

• A yellow AF frame is displayed with if the camera cannot focus when you press the shutter button halfway. Note that AF-point zooming is not possible. To reduce the AF frame size, press the n button and set [AF Frame Size] on the tab to [Small].

• The AF frame size is set to [Normal] when you use the digital zoom or digital tele-converter, and in manual focus mode