Nikon S560 S560 User's Manual - Page 119

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu Face Priority When the camera is pointed at a people's face, the camera automatically recognizes the face and will focus on it. In the following cases, the face priority feature will take effect. • When AF area mode is set to Face priority (default setting) (A 103) • When Scene mode is set to Portrait (A 34) or Night portrait (A 35) • When the scene auto selector mode is selected (A 42) • When the smile mode is selected (A 46) 1 Frame a picture When the camera recognizes a face (front view), that face will be framed by a yellow double border. Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus 108 If more than one face is recognized, the operations will vary with the shooting modes as follows. Shooting mode A (auto) mode (Face Priority) Scene mode: Night portrait Scene auto selector mode Scene mode: Portrait Smile mode Faces framed by a double border The face positioned at the nearest to the camera. * The other faces are framed by a single border. The face positioned at the nearest center of the screen. * The other faces are framed by a single border. The number of faces to be recognized Up to 12 Up to 3 2 Press the shutter-release button halfway Focus will be on the face framed by the double border. The double border will glow green once focus has been locked. When the camera is unable to focus, the double border will blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway and try focusing again. Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to take the picture. 1/125 F3.5 You don't need to press the shutter-release button halfway in the smile mode. If the camera detects the smiling face, the shutter is automatically released (A 46). 105