Nikon S640 S640 User's Manual - Page 118

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu Shooting with Face Priority When the camera is pointed at a face, the face is automatically detected and the camera focuses on the face. The face priority function will be enabled for scenarios such as the following. • Face priority is selected for AF area mode (A 104) • When Scene auto selector (A 45), Portrait (A 38) or Night portrait (A 39) is chosen for scene mode • When using smart portrait mode (A 51) 1 Frame the picture. • When the camera detects a face, that face will be framed by a yellow double border. Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus 13 • When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies, depending upon the shooting mode, as follows. Shooting mode Faces framed by a double Number of faces border to be recognized Auto mode (Face priority) Scene auto selector, Portrait or Night portrait scene modes The face closest to the camera * The other faces are framed by a single border. Up to 12 Smart portrait mode The face closest to the camera * The other faces are framed by a single border. Up to 3 2 106 Press the shutter-release button halfway. • The camera focuses on the face framed by the double border. The double border will glow green and focus will be locked. • When the camera is unable to focus on a face, the double border will blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway again and focus. • Press the shutter-release button all the way down to shoot. 1/250 F2.7 • When using smart portrait mode, even if the shutter-release button is not pressed, the shutter is released automatically if the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling (Smile timer) (A 53).