Nikon COOLPIX S6100 User Manual - Page 89

Notes on Skin Softening Function, Self-timer Lamp, Releasing the Shutter Manually

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More on Shooting Shooting Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode) B Notes on Skin Softening Function • More time than usual may be required to save an image when shooting with skin softening function. • In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may not be smoothed or parts other than face may be modified though the camera detects a face. If the desired results are not produced, set Skin softening to Off and shoot again. • The skin softening level cannot be adjusted when the portrait or night portrait scene mode is selected. • Retouch effects such as the glamour retouch function's skin softening effect can be applied to images after they are captured (A 124). C Self-timer Lamp The self-timer lamp blinks slowly when the smile timer is enabled and the camera detects a face, and it blinks quickly immediately after the shutter is released. C Releasing the Shutter Manually Pictures can also be taken by pressing the shutter-release button. The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame when faces are not detected. C Auto Power Off in Smile Timer Mode When Smile timer is set to On, the auto off function (A 162) is activated and the camera turns off when either of the situations indicated below persists and no other operations are performed. • The camera does not detect any faces. • The camera detected a face, but cannot detect a smile. D More Information See "Autofocus" (A 31) for more information. 77

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Shooting Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
More on Shooting
B
Notes on Skin Softening Function
More time than usual may be required to save an image when shooting with skin softening
function.
In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may not be smoothed or parts other than face may
be modified though the camera detects a face. If the desired results are not produced, set
Skin
softening
to
Off
and shoot again.
The skin softening level cannot be adjusted when the portrait or night portrait scene mode is
selected.
Retouch effects such as the glamour retouch function’s skin softening effect can be applied to
images after they are captured (
A
124).
C
Self-timer Lamp
The self-timer lamp blinks slowly when the smile timer is enabled and the camera detects a face, and
it blinks quickly immediately after the shutter is released.
C
Releasing the Shutter Manually
Pictures can also be taken by pressing the shutter-release button. The camera focuses on the subject
at the center of the frame when faces are not detected.
C
Auto Power Off in Smile Timer Mode
When
Smile timer
is set to
On
, the auto off function (
A
162) is activated and the camera turns off
when either of the situations indicated below persists and no other operations are performed.
The camera does not detect any faces.
The camera detected a face, but cannot detect a smile.
D
More Information
See “Autofocus” (
A
31) for more information.