Shooting in Smart Portrait Mode
At the default settings, the camera uses face priority to recognize human faces, and then automatically releases the shutter when a smile is detected (smile timer). The skin softening option can be used to smooth skin tones of human faces.
1Press the Abutton in shooting
mode to display shooting mode |
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menu, press the multi selector H | Smart portrait | |
or Ito select F, and press the k | ||
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button. |
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The camera enters smart portrait mode.
2Frame a picture.
Point the camera at the subject.
When the camera recognizes a human face, a yellow double border (focus area) is displayed around that face. When focus is acquired on that face, the double border will turn green for a moment and focus is locked.
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Up to three faces can be recognized. When the camera
detects more than one face, the double border is displayed around the face closest to the center of the frame, and single borders around the others.
3The shutter is automatically released.
If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, Smile timer (A51) is activated and the shutter is automatically released.
When the camera recognizes a face, the
Each time the shutter is released, the camera again initiates face recognition and smile detection operations for continuous automatic shooting.
Pictures can also be taken by pressing the shutter release button. The camera can focus on the subject at the center of the frame when faces are not recognized.
After the shutter is released, processing to soften facial skin tones is performed and the image is saved (Skin softening A51).
4Shooting ends.
To exit automatic shooting mode with smile detection, turn the camera off, set Smile timer to Off, or press the Abutton to switch to other shooting mode.
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