Reference Manual (complete instructions)

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Shooting Features
Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)
B Pet Portrait Auto Release and Self-portrait Timer
The following settings can be set when you press the multi selector J (n).
• Y Pet portrait auto release: The camera automatically releases the shutter when it
detects the face of a dog or cat.
- Pet portrait auto release is set to k after five bursts have been taken.
- You can also release the shutter by pressing the shutter-release button. When
V Continuous is selected, images are captured continuously while the shutter-release
button is held all the way down.
• r5s Self-portrait timer: The shutter is released 5 seconds after you press the shutter-
release button all the way down.
Frame the picture after you press the shutter-release button all the way down.
- See “Self-timer” (A61) for more information.
- The camera focuses on the face of a dog, cat, or human when detected.
- The camera cannot shoot images continuously.
• k: The camera releases the shutter when the shutter-release button is pressed all the
way down.
- The camera focuses on the face of a dog, cat, or human when detected.
- When V Continuous is selected, images are captured continuously while the shutter-
release button is held all the way down.
B Focus Area
• When the camera detects a face, the face is displayed
inside a yellow border. When the camera acquires
focus on a face displayed inside a double border
(focus area), the double border changes to green. If
no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the
subject in the center of the frame.
• Under some shooting conditions, the face of a dog,
cat, or human may not be detected and other
subjects may be displayed inside a border.
y M O Pet portrait
• When you point the camera at a dog or cat, the camera detects the face of a dog or cat
and focuses on it. By default, the shutter is automatically released when the face of a
dog or cat is detected (pet portrait auto release).
• On the screen displayed when O Pet portrait is selected, select U Single or V
Continuous.
- U Single: Whenever the face of a dog or cat is detected, the camera captures one
image.
- V Continuous: Whenever the face of a dog or cat is detected, the camera captures
three images continuously.
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