Fn button: Face Detection

„Self Portrait

When taking pictures of yourself, the area of your face is automatically detected so that you can take self portraits more easily and quickly.

1. For self-¿lming, set the camera lens

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towards the face of the object.

 

It automatically detects the face of the

 

object, and emits a guiding sound.

 

-When locating the face in the center of the screen, it repeatedly emits a faster sound unlike the sounds that are emitted

when the face is not in the center.

2.Start ¿lming by pressing the Shutter button.

zThe guiding sound can be set using the [Self-Portrait] Menu. (p.80)

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„Smile Shot

The camera automatically takes a picture

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by detecting the face of the subject

 

although you don’t press the shutter button.

 

If you press the Shutter button,

 

the picture is taken in the normal way.

 

When taking a picture of smile shot,

 

showing teethes or keeping the smiley face

 

of your subject helps detecting

 

the smile face of the subject.

 

„Blink Detection

If the eyes of the subject are closed when

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the shutter button is pressed, the camera

 

takes 3 continuous shots and then the

 

images are saved.

 

The camera takes only one picture if the

 

eyes of the subject are open when the

 

Shutter button is pressed.

 

zDetecting the smiling face or the blinking eyes may not be

available if any of the following situations occurs: - If the subject is wearing sunglasses.

-When the subject is not facing directly to the camera.

-If the environmental light is too bright or too dark to detect the face of the subject.

-When the camera is far from the subject. (Orange colored focusing mark)

-If there is reÀection of the light or the back light that are too bright.

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Samsung WB500 manual „ Self Portrait, 046, „ Smile Shot, „ Blink Detection

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