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Bas
ic Ph
otography an
d Pl
ayba
ck
:
A
(Auto)
M
o
de
Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smile Timer)
The camera detects smiling faces using face detection and releases the shutter
automatically. The skin softening function makes a human subject’s skin appear
smoother.
This can be used when the shooting mode (
44) is
A
(auto) mode, the
Portrait
or
Night portrait
scene mode, or
A
,
B
,
C
,
D
,
E
,
F
,
N
or
O
(low noise night)
mode.
1
Press
n
(self-timer) on the rotary multi
selector.
•
The self-timer menu is displayed.
•
Change any flash mode, exposure compensation, or
shooting menu settings before pressing the
n
button.
2
Use the rotary multi selector to choose
a
(Smile timer), and press the
k
button.
•
If the
k
button is not pressed within a few seconds, the
selection is set and the setting menu disappears.
3
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.
4
Press the shutter-release button fully.
•
The camera begins searching for smiling faces, and when the camera detects a smiling
face of the subject framed by the double border, the shutter is released automatically.
•
Each time the shutter is released, automatic shooting using face detection and smiling
face detection is repeated.
Smi
l
e
timer
1/
250
1/
250
1/
250
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