Nikon COOLPIX S4000 S4000 User's Manual - Page 68

Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode) Face Priority When the camera is pointed at a human face, face recognition, which the camera automatically recognizes that face and focus on it, starts. The face priority function is activated in the following situations. • AF area mode (A 55) is set to Face priority • In Scene auto selector (A 60), Portrait (A 62), and Night portrait (A 63) scene modes • In smart portrait mode (A 72) 1 Frame a picture. When the camera recognizes a face, that face is framed by a yellow double border. More on Shooting 11 When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies, depending upon the shooting mode, as follows. Shooting mode A (auto) mode (face priority) Scene auto selector, Portrait, Night portrait scene mode Smart portrait mode Faces framed by double border The face closest to the camera * Other faces framed by single border. The face closest to the center of the frame * Other faces framed by single border. Number of faces that can be recognized Up to 12 Up to 3 The camera focuses on the face framed by the double border. To select another face for focusing, tap a face framed by a single border. The border surrounding the selected face will change to a double border. 2 Press the shutter-release button halfway. The camera focuses 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 again and focus. 1/250 F3.2 Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to take a picture. If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling in smart portrait mode, the Smile timer (A 74) is activated and the shutter is automatically released without the shutter-release button having been pressed. 56