45Automatic Shooting of a Smiling FaceAutomatic Shooting of a Smiling FaceShooting in Smile ModeThe camera detects that a face recognized with face priority is smiling and shootsautomatically.1 Enter smile mode by pressing theA button in shooting mode andselecting a (press the multiselector H or I), and thenpressing the k button.2 Frame a picture.Point the camera at the subject.When the camera detects a face looking toward thecamera, the focus area containing the face will bedisplayed with a yellow double border. The camerafocuses on the face framed by the double border. Thedouble border will glow green and focus will be locked.Up to three faces can be detected. When the camera detects more than one face, theface closest to the center of the frame is framed by a double border and the others bysingle borders.3 The shutter is automatically released.If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the shutter isautomatically released.When the camera detects a face, the self-timer lamp (A 4) blinks. Immediately after theshutter is released with detection of a smiling face, the self-timer lamp flickers.Each time the shutter is released, the camera automatically take pictures using therecognizing face and the detecting smiling face features repeatedly.At default settings, the blink proof function is activated (A 46).4 Exit smile mode by pressing the A button.Change to another shooting mode.C Face Priority and Smiling Face Detection FeaturesWhen the camera is pointed at a face looking toward the camera in smile mode, the face isautomatically recognized and the smiling face of the recognized one is detected.• In some shooting conditions, face recognition does not work and faces cannot be detected.• See “Face Priority” (A 102) for more information.Smile181818
