Smart Portrait Mode (Capturing Images of Smiling Faces)

Changing Smart Portrait Mode Settings

•Features That Can Be Set Using the Multi Selector (A49): Flash mode (A50), self-timer (A52), and exposure compensation (A54).

•See “Smart Portrait Menu Options” (A48) for more information about functions that can be set using the d button.

CFunctions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously

There are functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See “Functions That Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously” (A59) for more information.

Smart Portrait Menu Options

In smart portrait mode, the following options can be changed.

Smart portrait

Image mode Skin softening

Smile timer

Blink proof

Shooting Features

On the smart portrait mode shooting screen M dbutton

Option

Description

A

 

Allows you to select the combination of image size and

 

Image mode

image quality used when saving images. If you change

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the image mode setting, the new setting is applied to all

 

 

 

shooting modes.

 

 

 

 

 

Allows you to set the skin softening effect. The camera

 

Skin softening

softens facial skin tones by applying the skin softening

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function before saving images. You can select the amount

 

of effect that is applied. The default setting is Normal.

 

 

 

 

 

When On (default setting) is selected, the camera detects

 

Smile timer

human faces and then automatically releases the shutter

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whenever a smile is detected. The self-timer cannot be

 

 

used with this feature.

 

 

 

 

 

When On is selected, the camera automatically releases

 

 

the shutter twice each time a picture is taken. Of the two

 

Blink proof

shots, one in which the subject’s eyes are open is saved.

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Flash cannot be used when On is selected.

 

 

The default setting is Off.

 

 

 

 

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S2600 specifications

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