Smart Portrait Mode (Capturing Images of Smiling Faces)

When the camera detects a smiling face, you can take an image automatically without pressing the shutter-release button (smile timer (A51)). You can use the skin softening option to smooth the skin tones of human faces.

Enter shooting mode MA(shooting mode) button MFSmart portrait mode M

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1 Frame the picture.

• Point the camera at a human face.

2Without pressing the shutter-release button, wait for the subject to smile.

•If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the shutter is automatically released.

•Whenever the camera detects a smiling face, it automatically releases the shutter.

3End automatic shooting.

•Perform one of the operations listed below to end shooting.

-Set Smile timer to Off.

-Press the Abutton and select a different shooting mode.

B Notes About Smart Portrait Mode

Under some shooting conditions, the camera may be unable to detect faces or detect smiles (A54). The shutter-release button can also be used for shooting.

C When the Self-timer Lamp Flashes

Features Shooting

When using smile timer, the self-timer lamp flashes when the camera detects a face and flashes quickly immediately after the shutter is released.

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