Canon VIXIA HF S20 Instruction Manual

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Video 67Face DetectionThe camcorder automatically detects people’s faces and uses thisinformation to select the optimal settings for beautiful videos and pho-tos.POINTS TO CHECK• Select a recording program other than [q Night Scene], [p Low Light]or [M Fireworks].By default, face detection is activated. If the function was turned off, per-form the following procedure to turn it on.To select the main subjectIf there is more than one person in the picture, the camcorder will auto-matically select one person it determines is the main subject. The mainsubject is indicated by a white face detection frame and the camcorderwill optimize the settings for that person. Other faces will have grayframes.Touch a different face on thetouch screen to optimize thecamcorder's settings for thatperson.NOTES• The camcorder may mistakenly detect the faces of non-human sub-jects. In such case, turn face detection off.• In certain cases, faces may not be detected correctly. Typical examplesinclude:- Faces extremely small, large, dark or bright in relation to the overallpicture.- Faces turned to the side, at a diagonal or partially hidden.Operating modes:[FUNC.] 8 [MENU] 8 7/8 8[Face Detection & Tracking] 8 [A On o] 8 [a]Main subjectCOPY