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film-based SLRs! (Figure 1-11.) I talk about Peaking Level in greater
detail in Section 6.7.

1.2.7 FACE DETECTION

In addition to having a sophisticated
exposure metering function that is not
easily fooled by difficult light, your
camera employs face detection to
determine which focusing point to use
far faster than was previously
possible. Have a look at the example
in Figure 1-12.

Keep in mind that I was always a
“focus-lock-recompose-shoot” kind of
guy, which is just completely
incompatible with shooting kids.
Using Face Detection changed all that
-- it will find the face, focus on it, bias
the exposure for the face, and then it’s
ready – all faster than my experienced
skills could do. It’s also much more
accurate than the pure “wide-area AF”
Figure 1-12: Face Detection finds method, since in the old days there
the subject quickly even though was no intelligent scene analysis
other objects may be closer. Had I
used the focus-recompose-shoot going on – the camera would usually
method I would have missed this focus on whatever was closest. Find
shot. out more about my experiences with
this feature in Section 6.27.