44Taking Portrait (Smile Face) Shots AutomaticallyTaking Portrait (Smile Face) Shots AutomaticallyUsing the Smile ModeThe camera detects a smiling face to shoot the face automatically.1 Press the shooting mode button inshooting mode to display theshooting-mode selection menuand use the multi selector H or Ito choose a and press k.2 Frame the picture.• Point the camera at the subject.• If the camera recognizes a person’s face (facing front),the face will be framed by a double yellow border inthe focus area, and when the face comes into focus,the double border will instantly turn green and thefocus will be locked.• When the faces of multiple people are recognized, the face nearest the center of thescreen will be framed by a double border in the focus area and the other faces will beframed by a single border. Up to three faces will be recognized.3 The shutter is automatically released.• If the camera detects the smiling face of the person framed by a double border, theshutter is automatically released.• If the camera recognizes a person’s face, the self-timer lamp (A 4) blinks. Just afterthe shutter is released, the self-timer lamp blinks rapidly.• Each time the shutter is released, the camera again begins face recognition and smiledetection operations for continuous automatic shooting.4 Exit smile mode by pressing the shootingmode button.Change to another shooting mode.Smile77C Shooting in the Smile ModeWhen using Smile mode, auto off (A 94) will turn the camera off if no operations are performed inthe following situations:• The camera does not recognize any faces.• The camera recognized the face but cannot detect a smiling face.
