55Using Smile Timer/Blink ProofAutomatic Shooting of Smiling Faces5 Press the shutter-release button when the required pictures have beentaken.• Automatic shooting will end.• Shooting will also end in the situations below.- When nine pictures have been taken- When more than five minutes has passed since pressing the shutter-release buttonin step 4 and no smiling faces have been detectedNotes on Blink ProofChoose the y (blink proof ) icon in step 2 of the previous page to use the blinkproof function together with smile timer.Once the camera starts searching for smiling faces in step 4, whenever smiling facesare detected, the camera takes two pictures and chooses an image in which thesubjects’ eyes are open.• The message on the right will be displayed for a fewseconds when the camera detects someone blinkingin the picture taken.• y (blink proof ) cannot be chosen in Night portraitmode.C Face Priority and Smiling Face Detection FeaturesWhen the camera is pointed at a face looking toward the camera in a smile timer/y blink proof, theface is automatically recognized and that smiling face will be detected.• Under some shooting conditions, Face priority will not take effect and smiling faces cannot bedetected.• See “Shooting with Face Priority” (A123) for more information about Face Priority.C Operation of the Self-Timer Lamp for Smile Timer/Blink Proof• When the shutter-release button is pressed in step 4, the self-timer lamp will blink. The lamp stopsblinking one second before the camera begins searching for smiling faces.• When the camera has detected peoples' faces and is waiting for a smiling face, the self-timer lamp blinks.• Immediately after the shutter is released with detection of a smiling face, the self-timer lampflickers.C Functions Restricted in Smile Timer/Blink Proof Mode• The focus mode setting will be changed to A (autofocus). If the setting is changed to any settingother than A (autofocus), a (smile timer) or y (blink proof ) will be cancelled.• Flash cannot be used for y (blink proof ).• For shooting modes A, B, C, D, E and F, blink proof cannot be used if B&W + color has beenenabled for the Black-and-white option of Optimize image (A111).D More InformationSee “Autofocus” (A29) for more information.One or more subjects may haveclosed their eyes.
