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234                    The “Recording” (Camera icon) Menu Settings


           face can’t be obscured – that is, no sunglasses, no hats, or anything else that
           would give the image recognition algorithm a hard time.  And even if the
           camera  detects  that there  is  more  than  one face  in  the  picture,  it  doesn’t
           wait for both faces to smile – only one face will trigger it.  (That’s why I
           said this feature was great for self-portraits but not necessarily for group
           pictures.)





















             Figure 5-73:  The smile shutter is an interesting feature but is easily fooled.
             (It triggered all of these pictures!)


           Some additional details about this feature you ought to know:
             Smile Shutter is also a real energy hog – the camera is constantly on a
              high  state  of  alert,  analyzing  the  live  view  stream  and  staying  on
              regardless of what you have Power Save set to.
             Invoking  Smile  shutter  automatically  activates  wide  area  AF  and
              single-shot.
             It’s not selectable if you’re in Manual Focus mode.



            TIP:  I haven’t tried this myself, but reader Tim  Boyle suggests using Smile
            Detection  at  a  party  –  just  put  your  camera  on  a  tripod,  set  your  lens  to
            “Wide”,  ensure  that  the  battery  is  fully  charged,  and  let  the  camera  shoot
            whatever smiling faces it sees!




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