“Skin Softening” Added to Photo Shooting and Video Recording Menus

The [Skin softening] item has been added to the photo shooting and video recording menus. Pictures taken when the face of a human portrait subject is detected will automatically be processed to soften the subject’s complexion.

Option	Description
[Same as photo settings] (video recording menu only)	Use the option currently selected for photos.
[High]	Choose the amount of skin softening performed from (in order from high to low) [High], [Normal], and [Low]. The camera can perform skin softening on up to three subjects at a time. If more than one human portrait subject is detected, a gray focus point will appear over each of the subjects. If [Auto-area AF] is selected for [AF-area mode], H and F icons will appear on the focus point selected by the camera. The focus point can be positioned by pressing 4 or 2 to choose the subject to which skin softening applies.
[Normal]
[Low]
[Off]	Skin softening off.

Restrictions on Skin Softening in Photo Mode

Skin softening cannot be combined with some camera features, including:

high-speed frame capture +,
multiple exposures, and
HDR overlay.

Restrictions on Skin Softening in Video Mode

Skin softening will not be performed if:

[N‑RAW 12-bit (NEV)] or [ProRes RAW HQ 12-bit (MOV)] is selected for [Video file type] in the video recording menu, or
[N-Log] is chosen for tone mode when [ProRes 422 HQ 10-bit (MOV)] or [H.265 10-bit (MOV)] is selected for [Video file type] in the video recording menu.