Focus Setting Guide

The following procedure is used for capturing images by focusing on a face or eye of a person.
There are two shooting methods. Use either method in accordance with the shooting conditions. You can also set whether to detect the left or right eye.

• 1. When shooting images by pressing the shutter button halfway down (or pressing the AF-ON (AF On) button)
• 2. When shooting images by assigning [Eye AF] to a custom key
• Selecting an eye to be detected. [Right/Left Eye Select]

1. When shooting images by pressing the shutter button halfway down (or pressing the AF-ON (AF On) button)

Recommended scenes

• Shooting two or more persons
  When you want to focus on a face (eye) of a specific person among two or more persons in the monitor.
• Shooting sports photography or other images where irregular motions often make it difficult to detect the eyes
  If the camera cannot focus on a face or eye, it focuses on the subject using [Focus Area]. You can capture the image without losing the shutter chance.

Main features

• You can select any setting for [Focus Area]. ([Wide], [Zone], ［Spot］, etc.)
• While the face detection frames and focus areas overlap, you can focus on either the face or eye. (When the focus mode is set to AF-C（Continuous AF）
  When the camera is unable to detect an eye, it will focus on a face.
• When the focus area does not overlap the face detection frame, the camera will focus on a subject in the focus area.
  (The regular autofocus operation is performed.)

Operating procedure

1. MENU→ (Focus) → [Face/Eye AF] → [Face/Eye Prior. in AF] → [On]
2. MENU→ (Focus) → [Face/Eye AF] → [Face/Eye Subject] → [Human]
   Select the desired setting items for [Right/Left Eye Select] and [Face/Eye Frame Disp.].

[Focus Area] settings

* In this section, the procedure for setting the focus area is explained in the condition where [Face/Eye Frame Disp.] is set to [On].

When face detection frames and focus areas overlap, you can focus on either the face or eye. This way, you can switch to the best focus area depending on the shooting scene. For example, when a ［Spot］ of [Focus Area] overlaps a face detection frame as shown below, the face detection frame changes from gray to white, and you can focus on either the face or eye.
*When [Right/Left Eye Select] is not set to [Auto], or you execute [Switch Right/Left Eye] using the custom key, the eye detection frame appears.

[Wide]:

Useful for subjects that are moving around, or when the position of faces is unpredictable.

[Zone], [Center Fix], [Spot], [Expand Spot]:

Set when you will decide in advance how to compose shots, or when you will focus on a certain person among multiple subjects.

The link between Tracking and [Face/Eye AF]

If you set [Face/Eye AF] to focus on faces/eyes beforehand, a focusing frame will automatically appear around any detected face or eye while tracking a subject.
This is effective for sports photography or for photographing portraits of a model making spinning motions, etc.

• Refer here for instructions on how to set the tracking function.

1. Tracking distant subjects
   
2. If a face is detected once the subject is closer, the focusing frame will move to the face or eyes
   

This allows you to photograph scenes where focusing on the eyes is usually difficult.

2. When shooting images by assigning [Eye AF] to a custom key

Use the Eye AF function by assigning [Eye AF] to a custom key. The camera can focus on the eyes of a person as long as you are pressing this custom key.

Recommended scenes

• Shooting portraits or a person in motion
• When you want to capture a person with priority on the eyes for focusing
• The camera detects a face as soon as the face moves into the range of the monitor and focuses on an eye, regardless of the size or position of the focus area.
  For example, if you want to focus on an eye outside the focus frame when [Focus Area] is set to [Spot], you can use [Eye AF] without changing the setting of [Focus Area].
  Therefore, you can capture even a moving person by relying on the camera’s function.

Main features

• The setting for [Focus Area] is temporarily set to [Wide] and you cannot select any other setting. This function is useful when you want to temporarily apply the [Eye AF] function to the whole range of the monitor.
• The camera detects a face or eye to focus on, regardless of where a subject (person) appears on the monitor.
  The camera detects and focuses on the eyes in the whole range of the monitor as long as you are holding down the custom key to which [Eye AF] is assigned. (When the focus mode is set to AF-C)
• When the camera is unable to detect a face or eye, the autofocus function is disabled.

Operating procedure

1. MENU→ (Focus) →[Face/Eye AF] → [Face/Eye Subject] → [Human]
   Select the desired setting items for [Right/Left Eye Select] and [Face/Eye Frame Disp.].
2. MENU→ (Setup) → [Operation Customize] → [Custom Key/Dial Set.] → assign the [Eye AF] function to any key.
3. Point the camera at a person’s face, and press the key to which you have assigned the [Eye AF] function.
4. Press the shutter button while pressing the key.

Selecting an eye to be detected. [Right/Left Eye Select]

In addition to automatically selecting an eye to focus, you can now designate the right eye or the left eye in advance. For example, during portrait photography, you can concentrate on the composition and shooting when the targeted eye is already designated. In the MENU, from [Right/Left Eye Select], you can set either [Right Eye], [Left Eye] or [Auto]. This setting will show during photography using Eye AF.
Furthermore, assigning [Switch Right/Left Eye] to a custom key, allows you to instantly switch between [Right Eye] and [Left Eye] with a press of the custom key while shooting. You can use this as required by the scene.

• Use MENU to select the eyes to detect
• Switch between the left and right eye with each press of a custom key

Use MENU to select the eyes to detect

Operating procedure

MENU→ (Focus) → [Face/Eye AF] → [Face/Eye AF] → [Right/Left Eye Select] → desired setting.

[Auto]:

The camera automatically detects either the left eye or right eye.

[Right Eye]:

The right eye of the subject (the eye on the left side from the photographer’s perspective) is detected.

[Left Eye]:

The left eye of the subject (the eye on the right side from the photographer’s perspective) is detected.

Switch between the left and right eye with each press of a custom key

Operating procedure

MENU→ (Setup) → [Operation Customize] → [Custom Key/Dial Set.] → assign the [Switch Right/Left Eye] function to any key.

• When [Right/Left Eye Select] is set to [Right Eye] or [Left Eye]:
  You can switch between detecting the left or right eye with each press of the custom key to which you have assigned [Switch Right/Left Eye].
• When [Right/Left Eye Select] is set to [Auto]:
  You can use the custom key to which you have assigned [Switch Right/Left Eye] to temporarily switch between detecting the left or right eye.
  The temporary left/right selection is cancelled when you perform the following operations, etc. The camera returns to automatic eye detection.
  • Stopping pressing the shutter button halfway down.
  • Stopping the pressing of the custom key to which [AF On] or [Eye AF] is assigned
  • Pressing the Fn button or the MENU button.