53Shooting FeaturesSmart Portrait Mode (Capturing Images of Smiling Faces)When the camera detects a smiling face, you can take an image automatically withoutpressing the shutter-release button (smile timer). You can use the skin softening option tosmooth the skin tones of human faces.1 Frame the image.• Point the camera at a human face. See “Using Face Detection” (A73) for more information.2 Without pressing the shutter-release button, wait for the subject tosmile.• If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the shutter isautomatically released. See “Smile timer” (A69) for more information.• After the camera releases the shutter, it will continue to detect faces and smiles, and willrelease the shutter again if it detects a smiling face.3 End shooting.• Any one of the following operations can be used to cancel smile detection and stopshooting.- Set Smile timer (A69) to Off.- Press the A button and select a different shooting mode.- Turn the camera off.B Notes About Smart Portrait Mode• Digital zoom cannot be used.• Under some shooting conditions, the camera may be unable to detect faces or detect smiles.• See “Notes About Face Detection” (A74) for more information.Enter shooting mode M A (shooting mode) button M F Smart portrait mode M kbutton
