Recording a Self-portrait

With this feature, you can shoot your own self-portrait simply by pointing the camera at your face.

BEST SHOT has two self-portrait scenes from which to choose.

•Self-portrait (1 person): Shoots when the face of at least one person, including you, is detected.

•Self-portrait (2 people): Shoots when the faces of at least two people, including you, are detected.

1.On the BEST SHOT scene menu, select “Self-portrait (1 person)” or “Self-portrait (2 people)”.

2. Press the shutter button all the way down, and point the camera at yourself.

About three seconds after you press the shutter button, the camera will go into Auto Shutter standby and start face detection. After the camera detects the specified number of faces, focuses, and adjusts the exposure to the proper level, it will beep twice and then release the shutter automatically.

•The camera will emit a shutter sound and the front lamp will flash twice when the shutter is released.

•To cancel Auto Shutter standby, press [SET].

IMPORTANT!

•If the camera remains in Auto Shutter standby without releasing the shutter, you can record an image by pressing the shutter button all the way down again.

•Shooting with the self-portrait feature may produce a blurred image when shooting in areas where lighting is dim, which results in a very slow shutter speed setting.

•The Auto Power Off (page 98) trigger time is fixed at five minutes while the camera is in Auto Shutter standby. Sleep (page 97) is disabled while Auto Shutter is being used.

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Using BEST SHOT