If you register a person ahead of time, the camera will detect that person’s face, and prioritize focus, brightness, and color for that person when shooting. In mode, the camera can detect babies and children based on registered birthdays and optimize settings for them when shooting.
This function is also useful when searching for a specific registered person among a large number of images.
You can register information (face info, name, birthday) for up to 12 people to use with Face ID. (You can register up to five items of face info per person.)
Up to three people can be detected when shooting and up to five people can be detected during playback.
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Registering Face ID Information
You can register information (face info, name, birthday) for up to 12 people to use with Face ID.
1. Press the ⋖ Power ⋗ button on the camera.
2. Press the ⋖⋗ button.
3. Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ right or left to choose the () tab, then operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ up or down to choose [Face ID Settings].
Press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.
4. Move the ⋖Directional buttons⋗ right or left to set [Face ID] to [On].
5. Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ up or down to choose [Add to Registry].
6. Choose [Add a New Face]
7. Aim the camera so that the face of the person you want to register is inside the gray frame at the center of the screen.
A white frame on the person’s face indicates that the face is recognized. Make sure a white frame is displayed on the face, and then shoot.
If the face is not recognized, you cannot register face information.
8. After [Register?] is displayed, operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ right or left to choose [OK], and then press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.
9. The [Edit Profile] screen is displayed.
Press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.
10. Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ to choose a character, and then press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button to enter it. (Up to 10 characters can be used.)
Press the ⋖⋗ button to return to the edit profile screen.
Choose [ ] or [ ] and press the
Choose [ ] and press the
11. Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ up or down to choose [Birthday], and then press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.
12. Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ left or right to choose an item, and then operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ up or down to specify the date and time.
When finished, press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.
13. Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ up or down to choose [Save], and then press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.
14. After a message is displayed,Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ left or right to choose [Yes], and then press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.
Registered faces are more easily recognized if you add a variety of face information. In addition to a head-on angle, add a slight side angle, a shot when smiling, and shots inside and outside.
To register up to 4 more points of face information (expressions or angles), repeat
steps 7 – 8.
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You can overwrite registered face info, and add face info later if you have not filled all 5 face info slots.
Using Face ID when shooting
If you register a person ahead of time, the camera will prioritize that person as the main subject, and optimize focus, brightness, and color for that person when shooting.
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To use Face ID when shooting, ⋖⋗ ⋗ () tab ⋗ [Face ID Settings] ⋗ [Face ID] must be set to [On]. (By default, [On] is selected.)
When you point the camera toward a subject, the names of up to 3 registered people will be displayed when they are detected.
Shoot.
Displayed names will be recorded in still images. Even if people are detected, but their names are not displayed, the names (up to 5 people) will be recorded in the image.
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