Pet portrait

Use this mode when taking pictures of pets. 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).

Rotate the mode dial to
button
Pet portrait
button

Option	Description
Single	Whenever the face of a dog or cat is detected, the camera captures one image.
Continuous (default setting)	Whenever the face of a dog or cat is detected, the camera captures three images continuously.

Select [Single] or [Continuous].
Point the camera at a dog or cat, and wait for the shutter to release automatically or press the shutter-release button.

[Pet portrait auto release]

The following settings can be set when you press the multi selector ().

[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 [] after five bursts have been taken.
- You can also release the shutter by pressing the shutter-release button. When [Continuous] is selected, images are captured continuously while the shutter-release button is held all the way down.
[]: 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.
- When [Continuous] is selected, images are captured continuously while the shutter-release button is held all the way down.

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 area 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.