Canon Ixus 240 hs, User Manual

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Special Modes for Other Purposes
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The camera will shoot about two seconds after detecting that the face of
another person (such as the photographer) has entered the shooting area
(p. 116). This is useful when including yourself in group photos or similar
shots.
Choose .
z
Follow steps 1 – 2 on p. 84 and choose ,
and then touch .
z
Touch to choose it, and then touch
^
.
Compose the shot and press the
shutter button halfway.
z
Make sure a green frame is displayed around
the face you focus on and white frames
around other faces.
Press the shutter button all the way
down.
X The camera now enters shooting standby
mode, and [Look straight at camera to start
count down] is displayed.
X
The lamp blinks and the self-timer sound is
played.
• If the wink is not detected, wink again slowly and deliberately.
• Winking may not be detected if eyes are obscured by hair, a hat, or glasses.
• Closing and opening both eyes at once will also be detected as a wink.
• If winking is not detected, the camera will shoot about 15 seconds later.
• You can change the number of shots by touching on the screen in step 1,
touching
op
to choose the number of shots, and then touching
^
. [Blink
Detection] (p. 80) is only available for the final shot.
• If no one is in the shooting area when the shutter button is pressed all the way
down, the camera will shoot after a person enters the shooting area and winks.
Using the Face Self-Timer
Still Images