Sony IPT-DS2 - Manual (Page 28)

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Starting automatic
shooting
1 Slide the ON/OFF (power) switch of this
unit to ON.
This unit enters standby mode.
2 Set the power switch of the camera to ON.
Automatic shooting starts after initialization*.
* This unit rotates approximately 180 degrees left
and 180 degrees right from the internal basing
position before returning to the original position.
To finish automatic shooting
 Press the MENU (stop) button of this unit
to stop automatic shooting.
 Turn off the power of the camera.
Notes ¦
Turning this unit off during automatic shooting ˎ
forcibly turns off the power to this unit. Do not do
this except in an emergency.
If you lift this unit up during automatic shooting, ˎ
the unit may determine it to be an abnormal
condition and its motor may stop and automatic
shooting may temporarily stop. In this case,
automatic shooting is resumed when you put this
unit back in place.
The operation/battery indicator rapidly flashes red ˎ
if you forcibly stop the rotation or if an external
force is applied to this unit during automatic
shooting. In this case, remove the force and then
turn this unit off and back on.
When using this unit in public, be considerate of ˎ
other people around you.
You cannot change the camera to play mode during ˎ
automatic shooting.
Face detection function
Depending on the shooting environment, ˎ
sometimes the camera may not detect faces or may
detect things other than faces.
If the camera does not detect any faces for a period ˎ
of time, operation of this unit may pause to save
power.
The camera cannot detect faces that are too close ˎ
or too far away. The appropriate distance between a
face and the camera is between 1 m and 2 m.
This unit automatically turns back on from pause ˎ
status when a face is detected or if you press the
MENU (stop) button or lift the unit up.
Note ¦
Pressing the button too strongly may cause this ˎ
unit to fall off the dedicated stand.
Tip ¼
When “To stop shooting, press Shooting button ˎ
on Party-shot” is displayed on the LCD of your
camera, press the On-demand shot button of this
unit.