Nikon COOLPIX L26 Reference Manual - Page 63

Shooting Features Smart Portrait Mode (Capturing Smiling Faces) When the camera detects a smiling face, you can take a picture automatically without pressing the shutter-release button (smile timer). You can use the skin softening option to smooth the skin tones in human faces. Enter shooting mode M A (shooting mode) button M F Smart portrait mode M k button 1 Frame the picture. • When the camera detects a human face, a yellow double border (focus area) is displayed around that face. When the camera has focused on that face, the double border will turn green for a moment and focus is locked. • Up to three faces can be detected. When the camera detects more than one face, a double border is displayed around the face closest to the center of the frame, and single borders are displayed around the other faces. 2 Wait for the subject to smile. Do not press the shutter-release button. • If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the Smile timer (A 45, E23) feature is activated and the shutter is automatically released. • After the camera releases the shutter, it will continue to detect faces and smiles, and will release the shutter again if it detects a smiling face. 3 Shooting ends. • Any one of the following operations can be used to cancel smile detection and stop shooting. - Turn the camera off. - Set Smile timer (A 45, E23) to Off. - Press the A button and select a different shooting mode. 43