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.

Display the shooting screen MA(shooting mode) button MFSmart portrait mode (A26, 27)

1Frame 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 and1/250 F3.9 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.

2Shooting ends.

•To finish automatic shooting of smile detection, press the Abutton to switch to another shooting mode.

BNotes 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.

CAuto 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.

CWhen 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.

CReleasing the Shutter Manually

Features Shooting

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.

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