Enjoying Various Recording Modes; Shoot Mode - Sony Ericsson FOMA SO905iCS Manual

Enjoying Various Recording Modes

Recording a Smiling Face Using the Smile Shutter
The camera detects a smile and automatically releases the shutter.
 The Zoom cannot be used during the Smile shutter mode. Also, you cannot release the shutter
manually, either by pressing
 When the Shoot mode is set to [Smile shutter], the following items are changed temporarily.
Item
Switch camera Out camera
Face detection ON
Auto timer OFF
Photometry Center
Digital Zooming OFF
※ After detecting faces, the effective range is set to the same level as [Macro OFF].
 The items above cannot be changed.
1
Press (Func) in the Camera mode display, select [
[ ] (Smile shutter), and press
2
Press (Close).
The Shoot mode is set to [Smile shutter] and "
3
Point the camera at the object.
4
Press (Save).
The image is saved.
● Depending on the recording conditions, the Face detection operation may fail and the
shutter cannot be released.
● In the following cases, a smile may not be detected.
- When the light is too dark or too bright on a face
- When the distance between the camera and objects are too far and faces are too small
- When the part of the face is covered with sunglasses, a mask, hat, etc.
- When the face turns away from the camera or is tilted
or (Shoot).
Setting
Select scene
Auto Focus
White balance
Picture effect
.
The white Face detection frame appears and the Face detection
operation begins. When the person targeted for the smile
detection comes into focus, the confirmation sound is heard and
the Face detection frame turns green.
When the smiling face of the object is detected, the shutter is
released automatically and an image is recorded.
 Up to three persons' faces can be detected. When several faces
are detected, the camera selects a person who is closer to the
center of the display and focuses on the face of the person.
 It is only the smiling face of a person for whom the green
Face detection frame is displayed that can be detected.
 If you fail to adjust the focus, the white Face detection frame
turns red.
When failed to adjust the focus
Press or
Item
AUTO
OFF(before detecting faces)※
AUTO
OFF
] (Shoot mode) →
" appears.
and retry the Face detection again.
<Shoot mode>
Setting
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