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Shooting Features
When the camera detects a smiling face, you can take a picture automatically
without pressing the shutter-release button. The skin softening function makes
the skin tones of human faces smoother.
1 Press flexible button 3 (Y
Smile timer).
2 Frame the picture.
• Point the camera at a human face.
3 Without pressing the shutter-release button, wait for the
subject to smile.
• If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling,
the shutter is automatically released.
• Whenever the camera detects a smiling face, it automatically releases the
shutter.
4 End automatic shooting.
• To end automatic shooting, set the self-timer to b Off.
B Notes About Smile Timer
Under some shooting conditions, the camera may be unable to detect faces or
smiles (A38). The shutter-release button can also be used for shooting.
C When the Self-timer Lamp Flashes
When using Smile timer, the self-timer lamp flashes when the camera detects a face
and flashes quickly immediately after the shutter is released.
Smile Timer
Enter shooting mode M flexible button 2 (Z) M flexible button 3 (i Self-
timer)
10 s
Self-timer
Smile timer
O
