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Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
In the default setting, the camera detects smiling faces using face priority and
releases the shutter automatically (smile timer function). The Skin softening
function makes a human subject’s skin appear smoother.
1
Rotate the mode dial to
F
(Smart portrait).
• The camera enters smart portrait mode.
2
Frame the picture.
• Point the camera at the subject.
• When the camera detects a face, the focus area
containing the face is displayed with a double border.
• Up to three faces can be detected. When more than
one face is detected, the face closest to the center of
the frame is framed by a double border and the others
by single borders.
• When more than one face is detected, press the
k
button to choose on which face to
focus. Press
J
or
K
on the multi selector to choose the face on which to focus and
press the
k
button.
3
The shutter is automatically released.
• If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the Smile
timer function (
A
67) automatically releases the shutter.
• Each time the shutter is released, automatic shooting using face detection and smiling
face detection is repeated.
4
Finish shooting.
• To finish automatic shooting of smiling faces, either turn the camera off, set Smile
timer to Off , or rotate the mode dial to select another shooting mode.
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