Canon PowerShot SX50 HS User Manual page 139

Choosing a Person to Focus On (Face Select)
You can shoot after choosing a specific person's face to focus on.
1
Set the AF frame to [Face
Detect] (= 1 33).
2
Enter Face Select mode.
z z Aim the camera at the person's face and
press the <
X X After [Face Select : On] is displayed, a
face frame [
face detected as the main subject.
z z Even if the subject moves, the face frame
[ ] follows the subject within a certain
range.
z z If a face is not detected, [
displayed.
3
Choose the face to focus on.
z z To switch the face frame [
detected face, press the <
z z After you have switched the face frame
to all detected faces, [Face Select : Off]
is displayed, and the specified AF frame
mode screen is displayed again.
4
Shoot.
z z Press the shutter button halfway. After the
camera focuses, [
z z
Press the shutter button all the way down
to shoot.
Shooting Range and Focusing
Still Images
> button.
] is displayed around the
] is not
] to another
> button.
] changes to [ ].
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