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232 The “Recording” (Camera icon) Menu Settings

Shutter”, where the camera will trigger the shutter release when it sees a
smiling face. (More detail on all of these choices below.)
So when you use Face Detection and the camera is autofocusing, you’ll see
many different squares that are superimposed onto your subject, of various
sizes and colors. What does it all mean? Here’s a quick translation table:

What You See What It Means
Grey Square / White
A face was detected
Square
Multiple White and Grey The camera has detected more than one face
Squares (outlined in more than one grey square). But the
camera has to then decide which of those faces to
focus on, and it indicates its decision via a white
square.
Green Square The White square turns green when you press the
shutter release button halfway. That’s what the
camera is focusing on.

5.31.1 ON (REGISTERED FACES)
Let’s say you have two children and one is your favorite. (Okay, scratch
that. Let’s say your child is at school and you’re taking shots of him
among his classmates and you really want the camera to pick him out of a
crowd.) Being able to register a face within the camera so it can get
autofocus priority amongst many
faces is the feature for you
(Figure 5-72).

In order to register a face, you
have to go to Menu  6 
Face Registration  New
Registration and follow the
directions given in the Face
Registration section (Section
6.27). Figure 5-72: The camera will give priority
Once registered, the recognized to faces that you’ve registered.

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