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Shooting Features
Smart Portrait Mode (Shooting Smiling Faces)
If the camera detects smiling faces, the shutter is automatically released without
pressing the shutter-release button (Smile timer). The skin softening function
makes facial skin tones softer.
1 Frame the picture and wait for the subject to
smile.
• When the camera detects a human face, a yellow
double border (focus area) is displayed around that
face. When the camera has focused on that face, the
double border will light in green for a moment and
focus is locked.
• Up to three faces can be detected. When more than one face is detected, the face
closest to the center of the frame is framed by a double border and the others by
single borders.
• If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the Smile
timer (A50) feature is activated and the shutter is automatically released.
• Each time the shutter is released, automatic shooting using face detection and smile
detection is repeated.
2 Shooting ends.
• To finish automatic shooting of smile detection, press the A button to switch to
another shooting mode.
B Notes on Smart Portrait Mode
• The digital zoom is not available.
• Under some shooting conditions, faces and smiling faces may not be detected properly.
• See “Notes on Face Detection” (A65) for more information.
C Auto Power Off in Smile Timer Mode
When Smile timer is set to On, the auto off function (A95) is activated and the camera turns off
when any one of the situations indicated below persists and no other operations are performed.
• The camera does not detect any faces.
• The camera detected a face, but cannot detect a smile.
C When the Self-timer Lamp Blinks
When using smile timer, the self-timer lamp blinks when the camera detects a face and flickers
immediately after the shutter is released.
C Releasing the Shutter Manually
The shutter can also be released by pressing the shutter-release button. If no faces are detected, the
camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
Display the shooting screen M A (shooting mode) button M F Smart portrait mode
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