Canon XA10 - Manual (Page 53)

Focus Adjustment
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Face Detection
The camcorder automatically detects people’s faces and uses this information to select the optimal
focus and exposure settings.
* Face detection is always activated in mode.
POINTS TO CHECK
• Select a recording program other than [ q Night Scene], [p Low Light], [M Fireworks] or
[ y Manual Exposure].
By default, face detection is activated. If the function was turned off, perform the following procedure
to turn it on.
1 Open the [Face Detection & Tracking] screen.
[FUNC.] [MENU] 7 [Face Detection & Tracking]
2 Touch [A On o] and then touch [a].
To select the main subject
If there is more than one person in the picture, the camcorder will automatically select one person it
determines is the main subject. The main subject is indicated by a white face detection frame and the
camcorder will optimize the settings for that person. Other faces will have gray frames.
Touch a different face on the touch screen to optimize the
camcorder’s settings for that person using the Touch & Track
function.
Limiting Autofocus to Faces
While using autofocus, you can limit the autofocus function only to cases when a subject’s face is
detected and use manual focus for all other scenes. The camcorder will also adjust the brightness
when focusing automatically on the subject’s face.
Set assignable button 2 to [ Face Only AF] ( 0 90) and press the button.
• appears on the screen.
Operating modes: *
Main subject
COP
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