Using Tracking Assist in Movie Recording

Moving subjects can be detected and tracked even when the camera cannot find people's faces during movie recording.

Tips Effective in these situations:

  • Capturing individual participants at sporting events
  • Capturing children in motion outdoors

Caution

  • Follow these tips for more effective recording of subjects in motion.

    • Record under bright conditions.
    • Make sure there are no unwanted subjects nearby, such as cars or other large, fast-moving objects, or people you don't want to capture.
    • Before recording, check and adjust the image area by tapping [Camera icon (Camera)] in the app.
  • Not all people can be tracked if there are a few people in motion. Before recording, determine the person you would prefer to capture.
  • The camera will return to the initial recording position after a certain period if subjects cannot be detected well.

  1. Access the settings screen.

  2. Turn on [Tracking assist].

Caution

  • Subjects in the image area may be tracked if there are multiple moving subjects in the image area.
  • When the camera is tracking moving subjects, subjects in motion take precedence even if [Priority Setting] is turned on.

  • The camera may not be able to track subjects under these shooting conditions.

    • Small subjects
    • Subjects moving quickly or extremely slowly
    • Difficult to distinguish subjects from the background (under low light or when subjects are backlit, for example)
    • Zoom set higher than 6×
  • Tracking may stop if the camera misinterprets patterns behind the subject as faces.
  • Tracking may not work correctly if there are patterned images (such as lattices or stripes) in the image area.