Digital photographing apparatus and method using face recognition function

A digital photographing apparatus comprising:

• a face recognition unit to detect face information in an image, the face information corresponding to a plurality of faces in the image;
• an autofocus area setting unit to set a plurality of focus areas based on the face information, to assign at least two focus areas to a focus area group, and to set at least a first focus area group and a second focus area group;
• and
• a control unit, in response to a single input of a shutter signal, to
• automatically adjust focus for the first focus area group and automatically capture a first still image that corresponds to the first focus area group, and
• automatically adjust focus for the second focus area group and automatically capture a second still image that corresponds to the second focus area group.

A method of operating a digital photographing apparatus comprising:

• detecting face information corresponding to a plurality of faces in an image;
• setting a plurality of focus areas based on the detected face information, wherein the plurality of focus areas comprises at least a first focus area and a second focus area;
• in response to a single input of a shutter signal:
• automatically adjusting focus for the first focus area and automatically capturing a first still image that corresponds to the first focus area;
• and
• automatically adjusting focus for the second focus are and automatically capturing a second still image that corresponds to the second focus area.

A method of operating a digital photographing apparatus comprising:

• detecting face information in a live image, the face information corresponding to a plurality of human faces;
• setting a plurality of focus areas based on the face information and assigning each focus area to a focus area group;
• setting at least a first focus area group and a second focus area group;
• in response to a single input of a shutter signal:
• automatically adjusting focus for the first focus area group and automatically capturing a first still image that corresponds to the first focus area group;
• and
• automatically adjusting focus for the second focus area group and capturing a second still image that corresponds to the second focus area group.