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The One-Touch Portrait Menu
The following portrait effects (reducing vividness of skin tones, softening overall
image) can be set in the one-touch portrait menu. Press
d
in one-touch portrait
mode to display the one-touch portrait menu.
B
Face-Priority AF
•
If no face is recognized when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera focuses on
the center of the frame.
•
The camera may be unable to detect faces in the following situations:
- When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or other obstructions
- When the subject is not looking directly at the camera
- When faces take up too much or too little of the frame
•
The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not the
subject is facing the camera.
•
If the yellow double border blinks when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera
was unable to focus. Release the button and try again.
•
In some rare cases shooting subjects with which autofocus may not perform as expected (
27),
the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the double border glows green. Should this
occur, switch to
A
(auto) mode, refocus on another subject positioned at the same distance from
the camera as the actual portrait subject, and use focus lock (
C
Settings for One-Touch Portrait Mode
•
The flash mode can be changed. When shooting under low lighting with
W
selected for flash
mode, processing to reduce noise may be performed automatically, increasing the time required
to save pictures.
•
The self-timer and exposure compensation can be applied, however, macro mode and digital
zoom are not available.
A
Image mode
Choose a combination of image size and image quality (compression) (
83).
Changes made to this setting apply to all shooting modes (except movie mode).
E
Portrait effect
Choose from
Normal
,
Brighter
(reduces vividness of skin tones), and
Softer
(soft
effect).
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