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Automatic Shooting of a Smiling Face (Smile Timer)
Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode
4 Press the shutter-release button all the
way down again to exit smile timer
mode.
Shooting also stops in the following situations:
- When nine pictures have been taken
- When five minutes have been passed since the shutter-release button was pressed in
step 3
- When the internal memory or memory card becomes full
B Note on the Smile Timer
The smile timer can be activated in A (auto) mode (A 22), and Portrait (A 37) and Night
portrait (A 38) scene modes. The smile indicator is not displayed in Night portrait scene mode.
C Face Priority and Smiling Face Detection Features
When the camera is pointed at a face looking toward the camera in smile timer mode, the face is
automatically recognized and the smiling face of the recognized one is detected.
• In some shooting conditions, Face priority will not take effect and smiling face cannot be detected.
• See “Shooting with Face Priority” (A 126) for more information about the face priority function.