Canon PowerShot SX730 HS Owner's Manual

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Hold the camera steady as you shoot. 

When you press the shutter button all the 

way down with background defocus set 

to [Auto], the camera shoots twice and 

processes the images.

Smooth skin 

effect

Choose from three levels of skin smoothing. Skin 

smoothing is optimized for the main subject’s face.

Brightness

Choose from five levels of brightness.

Background 

Defocus

Defocus the background.

 

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Areas other than people’s skin may be modified, depending on 
the shooting conditions.

 

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Try taking some test shots first to make sure you obtain the 
desired results.

 

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In [ ] flash mode, background defocusing is set to [Off] and 
cannot be changed.

 

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The time left before shooting is shown on the top of the screen 
when you activate the self-timer by selecting [ ], or by selecting 
[ ] and setting the time to 3 seconds or more.

For self-portraits, customizable image processing includes skin smoothing 

as well as brightness and background adjustment to make yourself stand 

out.

 

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Set the mode dial to [

].

 

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Press the [ ] button to access the setting 

screen for smooth skin and brightness. 

Press the [ ][ ] buttons to choose a 

setting item, and then press the [ ][ ] 

buttons or turn the [ ] dial to adjust the 

value as you watch the screen.

 

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Background defocus can also be 

disabled. After you choose [

] in step 1, 

press the [ ] button.

 

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Open the screen as shown.