Reference Manual

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Shooting Features
Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)
• 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.
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.
• r 5s 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” (A52) 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.
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.
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