Canon EOS 1100 D - Manual (Page 41)

Changing the Autofocus Mode
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Focus the subject.
Press the shutter button halfway and
the camera will focus the face
covered by the <[ > frame.
When focus Is achieved, the AF point
will turn green and the beeper will
sound.
If focus Is not achieved, the AF point
will turn orange.
If a face cannot be detected, the AF
point <D> will be displayed and AF
will be executed at the center.
Take the picture.
eck the focus and exposure, then
iss the shutter button completely to
take the picture (p.122).
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If the focus is way off, face detection will not be possible. If the lens
enables manual focusing even while the lens focus mode switch is set to
<AF>, turn the focusing ring to attain rough focus. The face will then be
detected and <[ ]> will be displayed.
An object other than a human face might be detected as a face.
Face detection will not work if the face is very small or large in the picture,
too bright or too dark, titled horizontally or diagonally, or partially hidden.
The <!! > focusing frame might cover only part of the face.
When you press <@>, the AF mode will switch to the Live mode
(p.128). You can press the
< ^ *^ >
key to move the AF point. Press <©>
again to return to the X* (face detection) Live mode. (If C.Fn-8 has been
set, press <Av0> + <©>.)
Since AF is not possible with a face detected near the edge of the
picture, the <[ > will be grayed out. Then if you press the shutter button
halfway, the center AF point <D> will be used to focus.
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