Nikon COOLPIX S8000 S8000 User's Manual - Page 63

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 49) is set to Face priority • In Scene auto selector (A 56), Portrait (A 58), and Night portrait (A 59) scene modes • In smart portrait mode (A 67) 1 Frame a picture. When the camera recognizes a face, that face is framed by a yellow double border. More on Shooting 8 When the camera recognizes more than one face, operation varies as follows depending upon the shooting mode. Shooting mode A (auto) mode (face priority) Scene auto selector, Portrait, or Night portrait scene mode Smart portrait mode Face framed by double border Number of faces that can be recognized The face closest to the camera • Other faces framed by single border. Up to 12 The face closest to the center of the frame • Other faces framed by single border. Up to 3 2 Press the shutter-release button halfway. The camera focuses on the face framed by the double border. The double border turns green and focus is locked. When the camera is unable to focus, the double border will blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway again and focus. Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down 1 / 2 5 0 F 3.5 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 69) is activated and the shutter is automatically released without the shutter-release button having been pressed. 51