Reference Manual

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Shooting features
Smile timer
Smile timer
When the camera det
ects a smiling face, you can take a picture automatically
without pressing the shutter-release button. The skin softening function makes the
skin tones of human faces smoother.
Shooting mode
exible butt
on 2 (
) Self-timer Smile timer
1
F
rame the picture.
•
Point the camera at a human face.
2
W
ithout pressing the shutter-release button, wait for the subject
to smile.
•
If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the
shutter is automatically released.
•
Whenever the camera detects a smiling face, it automatically releases the shutter.
•
The shutter-release button can also be used for shooting.
3
End automatic shooting.
•
Press exible button 2 ( ) [S
elf-timer]
[O
].
Notes about [Smile timer]
•
T
his function may not be available to use in combination with other functions.
Functions that cannot be used simultaneously when shooting (page 81)
•
Under some shooting conditions
, the camera may be unable to detect faces or smiles.
Notes about face detection (page 78)
When the self-timer lamp ashes
When using [Smile timer], the self-timer lamp ashes when the camera det
ects a face and
ashes quickly immediately after the shutter is released.
Using skin softening
I
f human faces are detected, the camera processes the image to soften facial skin
tones before saving the image (up to three faces).
[Make skin prettier] can also be applied to saved images by using [Add makeup]
in playback mode.
Add makeup (page 92)
Notes about skin softening
•
I
t may take more time than usual to save images after shooting.