50Automatic Shooting of a Smiling FaceAutomatic Shooting of a Smiling FaceShooting in Smile ModeThe camera detects a smiling face to shoot the face automatically.1 Enter smile mode by pressing theA button in shooting mode andtapping a.2 Frame a picture.Point the camera at the subject.If the camera recognizes a face looking toward the camera,the face will be framed by a yellow double border in thefocus area, and when the face comes into focus, thedouble border will glow green for a moment and the focuswill 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. When a face framed by a single border is tapped twice, the camerafocuses on the position indicated by tapping the touch panel.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 51).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 118) for more information.SmileF3.1F3.1F3.11/1251/1251/125
