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Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
Using Smart Portrait Mode
The camera detects a smiling face to shoot the face automatically.
1 Press A in shooting mode to
display the shooting-mode
selection menu and use the multi
selector H and I to select F,
then press k.
2 Frame the picture.
• Point the camera at the subject.
• If the camera detects a person’s face, the face will be
framed by a double yellow border in the focus area,
and when the face comes into focus, the double
border will instantly turn green and the focus will be
locked.
• Up to three faces will be recognized. When the faces of multiple people are detected,
the face nearest the center of the frame will be framed by a double border in the
focus area and the other faces will be framed by a single border.
3 The shutter is automatically released.
• If the camera detects the smiling face of the person framed by a double border, the
shutter is automatically released.
• The self-timer lamp (A 4) blinks when the camera detects a human face. Just after
the shutter is released, the self-timer lamp blinks rapidly.
• Each time the shutter is released, the camera again begins face detection and smile
detection operations for continuous automatic shooting.
• Pictures can also be taken by pressing the shutter-release button. If the camera does
not detect any faces, the camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.
4 Press A to exit smart portrait mode.
Change to another shooting mode.
Smart portrait
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