topic Canon's face detection system in General Discussion

Canon's face detection system

BMG — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 04:09:01 GMT

In the process of documentary/news photography I had had to following and photoraphy people who ccome out of a building and walk directly to a waiting vehicle. I was wondering if anyone in the situation have used the face detection system to keep focus on the person walking? I almost never use this feature unless I am recording video when the individual is walking. Knowing that too many faces could be an issue I was just wondering if anyone has tried this?

Re: Canon's face detection system

shadowsports — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:20:43 GMT

This is going to depend on several factors. Motion, lighting, the lens, and number of people. A camera with face detection will do a pretty good job in most situations, but it is possible to fool it if you have a large number of people moving in entourage fashion as a group.

Re: Canon's face detection system

BMG — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:11:16 GMT

Thank you Rick, For the reasons you have listed I have been hesitaint to use this setting as I suggested. I was just wondering if anyone had tried this and tge results?

Re: Canon's face detection system

shadowsports — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 16:04:18 GMT

You're welcome. You should definitely try the feature in some mock scenarios to see how well it peforms. People coming off a bus or subway. People coming out of an elevator.