Soft Skin; Smile Shutter; Face Detection - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V Product Manual

Natural Flash
Flashes on conventional point-and-shoot
cameras simply can't capture colors the way your
eye actually sees them. To correct this problem,
Sony's Natural Flash takes an initial shot without
a flash. This reference shot is then used to correct
the color in a second shot — taken with the flash —
to produce a more lifelike final image.
Without Natural Flash With Natural Flash
Self-Portrait Timer
Hand-held self portraits have always been difficult —
you can't see the LCD to confirm your face is in the
frame. Self-portrait timer confirms proper framing
with Face Detection — selectable for one or
two faces. Once activated, Self-portrait timer
automatically releases the shutter 2 seconds after
a face is detected in the scene — now it's easy to
get into the picture!

Soft Skin

Minimize the appearance of blemishes, fine
wrinkles and dull complexions in your portrait
shots with Sony's Soft Skin mode. It automatically
detects up to eight faces in your photo, then
digitally corrects skin imperfections while
enhancing the mouths and eyes of your subjects.
Backgrounds and other objects in your photos
remain untouched.
Without Soft Skin With Soft Skin

Face Detection

When Face Detection is engaged on a Sony
digital camera, it can recognize a human face
and automatically optimize your shots to take
better pictures of people. Face Detection allows
you to capture sharper images with less blur.

Smile Shutter

Everyone knows how tricky it can be to capture
shots of people at the perfect moment when
they're smiling. That's what makes our Smile
Shutter technology such a hit. The system can
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track multiple smiles plus offers an Adult/Child
Priority setting to zero in on the smiles of little ones.
It's perfect for capturing true, natural smiles that
often last for only a moment.
Smile not detected.
No picture taken.
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Smile Detected! Picture taken.
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