64Shooting Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)More on ShootingB Notes on Smart Portrait Mode• Digital zoom is not available.• Under some shooting conditions, the camera may be unable to detect faces or detect smiles.• See “Notes on Face Detection” (A 47) for more information.B Notes on Skin Softening• More time than usual may be required to save a picture when shooting with skin softeningfunction.• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may not be smoothed or parts other than face maybe modified though the camera detects a face. If the desired results are not produced, set Skinsoftening to Off and shoot again.• The skin softening level cannot be adjusted when the portrait or night portrait is selected in thescene mode.• Skin softening can also be applied on recorded pictures (A 103).C Auto Power Off in Smile Timer ModeWhen Smile timer is set to On, the auto power off function (A 136) is activated and the cameraturns off when either of the situations indicated below persists and no other operations areperformed.• The camera does not detect any faces.• The camera detected 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).• The self timer (A 32) options can be applied when Smile timer is set to Off.• Macro mode (A 33) cannot be used.• Exposure compensation (A 34) is enabled.• When pressing the d button to display F (smart portrait) menu, Image mode, Skinsoftening, Smile timer, or Blink proof options can be applied (A 65).D More InformationSee “Autofocus” (A 27) for more information.
