Canon EOS 1300D - Manual (Page 150)

Using AF to Focus (AF Method)
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Focus on the subject.
 Press the shutter button halfway and
the camera will focus on the face
covered by the <p> 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 < > will be displayed and AF
will be executed at the center.
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Take the picture.
 Check the focus and exposure, then
press the shutter button completely to
take the picture (p.140).
 If the subject’s face is significantly out of focus, face detection will not be
possible. If the lens enables manual focusing even while the lens’s focus
mode switch is set to <f>, turn the focusing ring to attain rough focus.
The face will then be detected and <p> will be displayed.
 An object other than a human face may 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, tilted horizontally or diagonally, or partially hidden.
 The <p> may cover only a part of the face.
 When you press <0>, the AF method will switch to [FlexiZone - Single]
(p.148). You can press the <S> cross keys to move the AF point. Press
<0> again to return to [u(Face detection) Live Mode]. (If C.Fn-9 is
set, hold down the <O/L> button and press <0>.)
 Since AF is not possible with a face detected near the edge of the
picture, the <p> will be grayed out. Then if you press the shutter button
halfway, the center AF point < > will be used to focus.