Nikon S570 S570 User's Manual - Page 115

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu Face Priority When the camera is pointed at a face, the face is automatically detected and the camera focuses on the face. Face priority functions in the following situations. • When AF area mode is set to Face priority (default setting) (A 101) • When scene mode is set to Scene auto selector (A 34), Portrait (A 34), or Night portrait (A 35) • When using smart portrait mode (A 47) 1 Frame a picture. • When the camera detects a face, that face will be framed by a yellow double border. Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus 11 • When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies, depending upon the shooting mode, as follows. Shooting mode Faces framed by a double The number of faces border to be recognized A (auto) mode (Face priority) The face closest to the Scene mode: Scene auto camera selector, Portrait, Night * The other faces are portrait framed by a single border. Up to 12 Smart portrait mode The face closest to the center of the frame * The other faces are framed by a single border. Up to 3 2 Press the shutter-release button halfway. • Focus will be 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. • Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to take the picture. 1/125 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 49). 103