Canon XA10 User Manual page 54

Focus Adjustment
1 Open the [Face Detection & Tracking] screen.
[FUNC.] [MENU]
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
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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 [
• appears on the screen.
NOTES
• The camcorder may mistakenly detect the faces of non-human subjects. In such case, turn face
detection off.
• In certain cases, faces may not be detected correctly. Typical examples include:
- Faces extremely small, large, dark or bright in relation to the overall picture.
- Faces turned to the side, at a diagonal or partially hidden.
• Face detection cannot be used in the following cases.
- When the shutter speed used is slower than 1/30 (1/24 if the frame rate is set to [E PF24] or
[ 24P].
- When the digital zoom is activated at more than 40x zoom (dark blue area on the zoom bar).
- When 8
- When infrared mode is on.
• When face detection is activated, the slowest shutter speed used by the camcorder is 1/30 (1/24 if
the frame rate is set to [
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[Face Detection & Tracking]
Face Only AF] (0 91) and press the button.
[Scan Reverse Rec] is set to an option other than [B Off].
E PF24] or [ 24P]).
Main subject