User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Parts of the Camera
- The Basics of Shooting and Playback
- Shooting Features
- Easy Auto Mode
- Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)
- Special Effects Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)
- Smart Portrait Mode (Capturing Images of Smiling Faces)
- Auto Mode
- Functions That Can Be Set Using the Multi Selector
- Functions That Can Be Set with the MENU Button (Shooting Menu)
- Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously
- Focusing
- Playback Features
- Recording and Playing Back Movies
- General Camera Setup
- Connecting the Camera to a TV, Computer, or Printer
- Reference Section
- Using Easy Panorama (Shooting and Playback)
- Viewing and Deleting Images Captured Continuously (Sequence)
- Editing Still Images
- Before Editing Images
- Quick Retouch: Enhancing Contrast and Saturation
- D-Lighting: Enhancing Brightness and Contrast
- Red-eye Correction: Correcting Red Eyes Caused by Using the Flash
- Skin Softening: Softening Skin Tones
- Filter Effects: Applying Digital Filter Effects
- Small Picture: Reducing the Size of an Image
- Crop: Creating a Cropped Copy
- Connecting the Camera to a TV (Viewing Images on a TV)
- Connecting the Camera to a Printer (Direct Print)
- Editing Movies
- The Shooting Menu (for Auto Mode)
- The Smart Portrait Menu
- The Playback Menu
- The Movie Menu
- The Setup Menu
- Error Messages
- File Names
- Optional Accessories
- Technical Notes and Index
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Shooting Features
B Notes About Face Detection
• When Autofocus mode in the movie menu is set to Single AF, the focus area is not displayed
even if a face is detected.
• The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including the direction in
which the faces are looking.
• The camera may be unable to detect faces in the following situations:
- When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or otherwise obstructed
- When faces take up too much or too little of the frame
C Face Detection When Recording Movies
When AF area mode (A 69) in the movie menu is set to Face priority, focus priority is set on
faces when recording movies.
Using Skin Softening
When the shutter is released while using one of the shooting modes listed below, the camera
detects human faces and processes the image to soften facial skin tones (up to three faces).
• Smart portrait mode (A 40)
• Portrait or Night portrait in G (easy auto) mode (A 31)
• Portrait or Night portrait in scene mode (A 32)
Skin softening can also be applied to saved images (A 64, E11).
B Notes About Skin Softening
• It may take more time than usual to save images after shooting.
• Under some shooting conditions, the desired skin softening results may not be achieved, and skin
softening may be applied to areas of the image where there are no faces.