User manual

Table Of Contents
105
Shooting features
Smile timer
3
F
rame the picture and wait for the subject to smile without
pressing the shutter-release button.
P
oint the camera at a human face.
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.
The shutter-release button can also be used for shooting.
4
End aut
omatic shooting.
To end automatic shooting with smile timer, return to step 1 and select [OFF].
Notes about [Smile timer]
When the f
ocus-mode selector is set to
(manual focus), [Smile timer] cannot be set.
Under some shooting conditions
, the camera may be unable to detect faces or smiles.
Notes about face detection (page 110)
When the self-timer lamp ashes
When using [Smile timer], the self-timer lamp ashes when the camera det
ects a face and
ashes quickly immediately after the shutter is released.