Sony Xperia A4 Instruction Manual page 134

Shooting with Face detection
Focus on a face located away from the center.
When the capturing mode is set to "Superior
auto", face detection works automatically.
Press and hold
1
second.
Tap the capturing mode icon
2
[Manual].
To shooting videos, tap
･
the video shooting screen.
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Tap the "
3
[Focus mode]
b
.
Point the camera at the object.
4
Detected faces are framed (up to 5
･
faces).
Tap the frame you want to focus on
5
or let the camera select which face
to focus on without tapping.
A yellow frame shows the face in focus.
･
Shoot a still picture/video.
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[Face detection]
Shooting with Smile Shutter
Shoot smile face.
Press and hold
1
second.
u
Tap the "
2
[Smile Shutter]/[Smile Shutter
(video)].
Select the smile level for the smile
3
shutter
Point the camera at the object.
4
u
Detected faces are framed (up to 5
･
u
faces).
The camera selects which face to focus
･
on. Face frame for focusing on turns to
yellow (still picture)/blue (video).
The camera automatically takes
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the photo when a face in focus
smiles.
If no smile is detected, operate the
･
steps in "Shooting still pictures" (P.124)
to shoot a still picture.
❖ Information
When "Smile Shutter (video)" is set, the shutter sound
･
is not emitted for detecting smile while recording a
video.
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