The Portrait Mode

Portrait Mode should be used when you are taking a picture or video containing at least one person. Face Detection is enabled for both pictures and videos, so the camera will find and set focus on the face. In addition, Face Recognition functionality is enabled when you’re taking pictures. When a face has been detected, the camera’s software will also search through its maximum six registered faces to see if there is a match. If so, the person’s registered name and age will be displayed with the image and resulting picture.

The Portrait Mode options with the NORMAL predefined scene mode selected

The predefined scene modes available for the Portrait Mode
Screen Icon	Predefined Scene Mode	Description
	NORMAL	This mode shades the background and adjusts the image to better capture the subject’s skin tones.
	SOFT SKIN	This mode smoothes out the exposed skin much like airbrushing. Note: Part of the background will also be smoothed out if its coloring is close to the subject’s skin color.
	OUTDOOR	This mode prevents the subject’s image from appearing to be in shadows and too dark to recognize.
	INDOOR	This mode sets the ISO sensitivity to ensure that the image is in focus with proper lighting.
	CREATIVE	This mode allows the user to set the camera’s aperture to create background blurring for an artistic resulting picture.