Shooting Suited for the Scene (Scene Mode)

OPet portrait

Use this mode when taking pictures of dogs or cats. When the camera detects the face of a dog or a cat, the camera then focuses on the detected face. When the subject is in focus, the shutter is released automatically in the default setting (Pet portrait auto release).

•Select Single or Continuous on the screen that is displayed when OPet portrait scene mode is selected.

-Single: One picture is taken each time the shutter-release button is pressed.

-Continuous: When the detected face is in focus, three images are continuously

captured (Frame rate: approx. 0.7 fps when image mode is set to R4320×3240). When Continuous is selected, Fappears on the monitor.

• The face detected by the camera is framed by a double

 

border (focus area), and the double border turns green

 

when focus is acquired. The faces of up to five pets can be

 

detected simultaneously. When the camera detects more

 

than one face, the face displayed largest in the monitor is

 

framed by a double border (AF area), and the faces outside

 

the focus area are framed by single borders.

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•Even if the camera does not detect any face of a pet, the shutter can be released when the shutter-release button is pressed.

-If the camera does not detect any face of a pet, the camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.

-While the shutter-release button is held all the way down when Continuous is selected, up to 19 images can be captured at a rate of about 0.7 fps (when image mode is set to R4320×3240). Shooting ends when the shutter-release button is released.

•The auto shutter-release setting can be changed by pressing the multi selector J(n).

-Pet portrait auto release (default setting): When the detected face is in focus, the camera automatically releases the shutter. When Pet portrait auto release is selected, dappears on the monitor.

-Off: The shutter is released only using the shutter-release button.

•Digital zoom is not available.

•AF-assist illuminator (A115) does not light. The button sound and shutter sound (A115) will not go off.

•In some shooting conditions, such as the distance between the camera and the pets, the speed of the pets’ movement, the direction in which the faces are turned or the brightness of the faces, the camera may be unable to detect the dogs or cats, or may detect subjects other than dogs or cats.

•Pet portrait auto release is automatically set to Off in the following situations.

-When five series of images are captured using auto release

-When the camera is turned back on after entering standby mode (A15)

-When there is no remaining space in the internal memory or on the memory card

To continue using Pet portrait auto release to take more pictures, press the multi selector J(n) and change the setting again.

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1This can be set to Off. Self-timer cannot be used.

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