Nikon COOLPIX S9500 Reference Manual - Page 64

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes) Shooting Features y M O Pet portrait • When the camera is pointed at a dog or cat, it detects and focuses on its face. In the default setting, the shutter is automatically released when the camera has focused on the pet (pet portrait auto release). • On the screen that appears when O Pet portrait is selected, select Single or Continuous. - Single: One picture is captured at a time. - Continuous: The camera automatically captures 3 pictures continuously at a rate of about 1.9 frames per second when it has focused on the detected face. When the shutter is released manually, about 31 pictures are shot at a rate of about 1.9 frames per second while you hold the shutter-release button all the way (when image mode is set to r 4896×3672). B Pet Portrait Auto Release • To change Pet portrait auto release settings, press the multi selector J (n). - Y: When the camera detects a pet's face, it focuses and then releases the shutter automatically. - OFF: The camera does not release the shutter automatically, even if a pet's face is detected. Press the shutter-release button to release the shutter. The camera also detects human faces (A67). When both human and pet's faces are detected, the camera focuses on the pet's face. • In the following situations, Pet portrait auto release is automatically switched to OFF. - When a continuous shooting series with pet portrait auto release is repeated 5 times - When the internal memory or the memory card is full To continue shooting with Pet portrait auto release, press the multi selector J (n) to set again. B Focus Area • The detected face is framed by a yellow double border (focus area). When the camera has focused on the face, the double border turns green. • When the camera detects more than one face of dog or cat (up to 5), the largest face displayed on the monitor is framed by a double border (focus area) and the others by single borders. • If no human or pet's faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame. 29m 0s 970 B Notes on Pet Portrait • The digital zoom is not available. • Under some shooting conditions, such as subject-to-camera distance, speed of moving pets, direction in which the pets are facing, and brightness of the faces, the camera may be unable to detect a face, or may display a border around something other than a dog or cat. B Viewing Pictures Taken Using Pet Detection When zooming in on an image displayed in full-frame playback mode by rotating the zoom control toward g (i), the image is enlarged at the center of a pet's face detected during shooting (A69) (except for pictures taken with continuous shooting). 42