33Basic Photography and Playback: Auto ModeAutomatic Shooting of a Smiling Face (Smile Timer)The camera detects a smiling face to shoot the face automatically.1 Tap self-timer control to display self-timer menu, and tap H.When d is tapped, the menu will close and themonitor display will return to shooting modewithout changing the self-timer setting.2 Frame a picture.When the camera detects a face looking towardthe camera, the focus area containing the facewill be displayed with a yellow double border.The camera focuses on the face framed by thedouble border. The double border will glowgreen and focus will be locked.When the camera detects more than one face, the face closest to the camera is framedby a double border and the others by single borders. When a face framed by a singleborder is tapped, the camera focuses on the position indicated by tapping the touchpanel. Up to three faces can be detected.Digital zoom is not available.3 Press the shutter-release button allthe way down.The camera begins searching for smiling facesfive seconds after the shutter-release button ispressed. If the camera detects a smiling face,framed by a border, the smile indicatorincreases and the shutter is releasedautomatically. If more than one face isrecognized, the shutter is released when thecamera detects that all of the recognized faces are smiling.If a face is tapped in step 2, when the camera detects a smiling face framed by thedouble border, the smile indicator increases and the shutter is released automatically.When the shutter-release button is pressed, the number of seconds remaining until thecamera begins searching for smiling faces is displayed in the monitor. The self-timerlamp will blink. The lamp stops blinking one second before the camera begins searchingfor smiling faces.When the shutter is released, automatic shooting, with which the camera detects asmiling face and releases the shutter automatically, will be performed repeatedly.Self-timer999FF 3. 83. 81 2 51 / 1 2 51 /Smile indicator
