Nikon COOLPIX P100  P100 User's Manual - Page 104

Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A, B, C, D Modes) 2 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. 1/250 F5.6 17 • Press the shutter-release button all the way down to shoot. • When using Smile timer in 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 (A57). More on Shooting B Notes on Face Priority • When Face priority is selected for AF area mode, the setting will automatically switch to Auto if no face is detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. • If no face is recognized when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway in the Portrait or Night portrait scene modes or in smart portrait mode, the camera will focus on the subject in the center focus area. • The camera may be unable to detect faces in the following situations: - When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or other obstructions - When faces take up too much or too little of the frame • Depending on shooting conditions, such as whether or not the subject is facing the camera, faces may not be detected. • In some rare cases of shooting subjects with which autofocus may not perform as expected (A31), the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the double border glows green. Should this occur, switch to auto mode or change the AF area mode setting to Manual or Center in A, B, C, D and M modes, refocus on another subject positioned at the same distance from the camera as the actual portrait subject, and use focus lock (A31). • Pictures that were shot using face priority will be rotated automatically when displayed in fullframe or thumbnail playback mode according to the orientation of the face (except for pictures 92 shot while Continuous (A86) or Auto bracketing (A89) was set).