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68

Shooting Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)

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Sh
ooting

B

Notes on Smart Portrait Mode

Digital zoom is not available.

Under some shooting conditions, the camera may be unable to recognize faces or detect smiles.

See “Notes on Face Priority” (

A 52) for more information.

B

Notes on Skin Softening

More time than usual may be required to save a picture when shooting with skin softening

function.

In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may not be smoothed or parts other than face may

be modified though the camera recognizes a face. If the desired results are not produced, set Skin
softening
to Off and shoot again.

The skin softening level cannot be adjusted when the portrait or night portrait is selected in the

scene mode.

Skin softening can also be applied on recorded pictures (

A 101).

C

Auto Power Off in Smile Timer Mode

When Smile timer is set to On, the auto power off function (

A 137) is activated and the camera

turns off when either of the situations indicated below persists and no other operations are
performed.

The camera does not recognize any faces.

The camera recognized a face, but cannot detect a smile.

C

Functions Available in Smart Portrait Mode

Flash cannot be used when Blink proof is set to On. When Blink proof is set to Off, flash mode

(

A 30) is set to U (auto) (can be modified).

Exposure compensation (

A 39) is enabled.

The self timer (

A 33) options can be applied when Smile timer is set to Off.

Macro mode cannot be used.

Press the

d button to display the F (smart portrait) menu and adjust Image mode, Skin

softening, Smile timer, and Blink proof.

D

More Information

See “Autofocus” (

A 27) for more information.