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Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
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Notes on Smart Portrait Mode
• The digital zoom is not available.
• Under some shooting conditions, faces and smiling faces may not be detected properly.
• See “Notes on Face Priority” (
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98) for more information.
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Notes on Skin Softening
• When taking pictures with skin softening, the time required to save the pictures increases slightly.
• Depending on shooting conditions, even if the camera detects a face on the monitor at the time
of shooting, effects of the skin softening function may not be visible, or areas other than the face
may be processed. If the desired effect is not achieved, set
Skin softening to Off and shoot again.
• The extent of skin softening effect that is applied cannot be set while using the
e
(Night portrait)
or Portrait scene modes.
• Skin softening can also be applied to pictures after they have been taken (
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150).
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Auto Power Off When Using Smile Timer
When Smile timer is set to On , the auto off function (
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199) will turn the camera off in the following
situations if no operations are performed.
• The camera is unable to detect any face.
• The camera has detected one or more faces, but is unable to detect a smiling face.
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When the Self-timer Lamp Blinks
When using the Smile timer, the self-timer lamp blinks when the camera detects a face and flickers
immediately after the shutter is released.
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Releasing the Shutter Manually
The shutter can also be released by pressing the shutter-release button. If no faces are detected, the
camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
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Functions Available in Smart Portrait Mode
• Flash mode is disabled when Blink proof is set to On . Flash mode (
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36) will be changed to
U
(auto) when Blink proof is set to Off (other settings can be selected).
• If Smile timer is set to Off , self-timer (
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39) can be set.
• The focus mode is fixed at
A
(autofocus).
• Exposure compensation (
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43) can be adjusted.
• If you press the
d
button to display the
F
(Smart portrait) menu, you can change the settings
for Image quality , Image size , Skin softening , Smile timer , or Blink proof .
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More Information
See “Autofocus” (
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33) for more information.