Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)

In the default setting, the camera detects smiling faces using face priority and releases the shutter automatically (smile timer function). The skin softening function makes a human subject’s skin appear smoother.

1 Rotate the mode dial to F(smart portrait).

• The camera enters smart portrait mode.

2 Frame the picture.

 

• Point the camera at the subject.

 

• When the camera detects a face, the focus area

 

containing the face will be displayed with a yellow

 

double border, and when focus is locked the double

 

border will turn green for a moment.

1/250 F5.6

•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.

•When more than one face is detected, press the kbutton to choose on which face to focus. Press JKon the multi selector to choose the face on which to focus and press the kbutton.

3 The shutter is automatically released.

•If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the Smile timer function (A57) automatically releases the shutter.

When the flash does not fire, the shutter is released five times each time a picture is taken, and the picture in which the most people have smiles is saved.

When the camera detects a face, the self-timer lamp (A4) blinks. Immediately after the shutter is released, the self-timer lamp flickers. Each time the shutter is released, the camera repeats automatic shooting by face priority and smile detection.

•The shutter can also be released by pressing the shutter-release button. If no face is detected, the camera focuses on the subject in center of frame.

•When the shutter is released, the camera makes the subject’s skin appear smoother, then records the image (Skin softening (A57)).

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