Canon PowerShot ELPH 140 IS - Manual (Page 95)

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Face AiAF
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Detects people’s faces, and then sets the focus, exposure
(evaluative metering only), and white balance ([
] only).
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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.
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When the camera detects movement, frames will follow moving
subjects, within a certain range.
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After you press the shutter button halfway, up to nine green
frames are displayed around faces in focus.
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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.
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If faces are not detected when Servo AF (
=
97 ) is set to
[On], the AF frame is displayed in the center of the screen
when you press the shutter button halfway.
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Examples of faces that cannot be detected:
- Subjects that are distant or extremely close
- Subjects that are dark or light
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Faces in profile, at an angle, or partly hidden
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The camera may misinterpret non-human subjects as
faces.
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No AF frames are displayed if the camera cannot focus
when you press the shutter button halfway.