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Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto) Mode
Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smile Timer)
The camera detects smiling faces using face detection and releases the shutter
automatically. The skin softening function makes a human subject’s skin appear
smoother.
This can be used when the shooting mode (A44) is A (auto) mode, the Portrait
or Night portrait scene mode, or A, B, C, D,
E, F, N or O (low noise night)
mode.
1
Press n (self-timer) on the rotary multi
selector.
• The self-timer menu is displayed.
• Change any flash mode, exposure compensation, or
shooting menu settings before pressing the n button.
2
Use the rotary multi selector to choose a
(Smile timer), and press the k button.
• If the k button is not pressed within a few seconds, the
selection is set and the setting menu disappears.
3
Frame the picture.
• Point the camera at the subject.
• When the camera detects a face, the focus area
containing the face is displayed with a double border.
• 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.
4
Press the shutter-release button fully.
• The camera begins searching for smiling faces, and when the camera detects a smiling
face of the subject framed by the double border, the shutter is released automatically.
• Each time the shutter is released, automatic shooting using face detection and smiling
face detection is repeated.
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