77Shooting Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)More on ShootingB Notes on Skin Softening Function• More time than usual may be required to save an image 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 scene mode isselected.• Retouch effects such as the glamour retouch function’s skin softening effect can be applied toimages after they are captured (A 124).C Self-timer LampThe self-timer lamp blinks slowly when the smile timer is enabled and the camera detects a face, andit blinks quickly immediately after the shutter is released.C Releasing the Shutter ManuallyPictures can also be taken by pressing the shutter-release button. The camera focuses on the subjectat the center of the frame when faces are not detected.C Auto Power Off in Smile Timer ModeWhen Smile timer is set to On, the auto off function (A 162) is activated and the camera turns offwhen either of the situations indicated below persists and no other operations are performed.• The camera does not detect any faces.• The camera detected a face, but cannot detect a smile.D More InformationSee “Autofocus” (A 31) for more information.
