Using Smart Portrait Mode

Mode) Portrait (Smart Faces Smiling of Pictures Taking

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BFace Priority and Smiling Face Detection Features

•Under some shooting conditions, faces and smiling faces may not be detected properly.

•See “Notes on Face priority” (A104) for more information.

CAuto Power Off When Using Smile Timer (Standby Mode)

When Smile timer is set to On, the auto off function (A124) will turn the camera off in the following situations if no operations are performed.

•The camera does not recognize any faces

•The camera recognized the face but cannot detect a smiling face

CFunctions Available in Smart Portrait Mode

•Flash cannot be used when Blink proof is set to On. When Blink proof is set to Off, flash mode (A28) changes to U(auto) (other settings can be selected).

•Exposure compensation (A32) can be adjusted.

•If Smile timer and Blink proof are both set to Off, self-timer (A30) can be set.

•Macro mode cannot be used.

•Digital zoom is not available.

•Press the dbutton to display the F(smart portrait) menu and change the settings for Image mode, Skin softening, Smile timer, or Blink proof.

DMore Information

See “Autofocus” (A25) for more information.

Smart portrait menu

The smart portrait menu contains the following options.

Press the dbutton in smart portrait mode to display the smart portrait menu and use the multi selector to modify and apply settings.

Image mode

Allows you to set Image mode (A94).

Changes made to the image mode setting apply to all shooting modes (except movie mode).

Skin softening

Set skin softening. When the shutter is released, the camera detects up to 3 faces and processes the image to make the faces appear smoother, then records the image. The effect of this feature can be set to High, Normal (default setting), and Low. When Off is selected, skin softening is turned off.

•When skin softening is enabled, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor during shooting (A6). When Off is selected, an icon for the current setting is not displayed. Additionally, the effects of the current skin softening setting cannot be previewed in the monitor while shooting. To confirm, view the pictures after shooting.