Nikon COOLPIXP500BK, COOLPIXSP500BLK Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces Smart Portrait Mode

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Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)

BNotes on Smart Portrait Mode

•The digital zoom is not available.

•Under some shooting conditions, faces and smiling faces may not be detected properly.

•See “Notes on Face Priority” (A98) for more information.

BNotes on Skin Softening

•When taking pictures with skin softening, the time required to save the pictures increases slightly.

•Depending on shooting conditions, even if the camera detects a face on the monitor at the time of shooting, effects of the skin softening function may not be visible, or areas other than the face may be processed. If the desired effect is not achieved, set Skin softening to Off and shoot again.

•The extent of skin softening effect that is applied cannot be set while using the e (Night portrait) or Portrait scene modes.

•Skin softening can also be applied to pictures after they have been taken (A150).

CAuto Power Off When Using Smile Timer

When Smile timer is set to On, the auto off function (A199) will turn the camera off in the following situations if no operations are performed.

•The camera is unable to detect any face.

•The camera has detected one or more faces, but is unable to detect a smiling face.

CWhen the Self-timer Lamp Blinks

When using the Smile timer, the self-timer lamp blinks when the camera detects a face and flickers immediately after the shutter is released.

CReleasing the Shutter Manually

The shutter can also be released by pressing the shutter-release button. If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.

CFunctions Available in Smart Portrait Mode

•Flash mode is disabled when Blink proof is set to On. Flash mode (A36) will be changed to U (auto) when Blink proof is set to Off (other settings can be selected).

•If Smile timer is set to Off, self-timer (A39) can be set.

•The focus mode is fixed at A(autofocus).

•Exposure compensation (A43) can be adjusted.

•If you press the dbutton to display the F (Smart portrait) menu, you can change the settings for Image quality, Image size, Skin softening, Smile timer, or Blink proof.

DMore Information

See “Autofocus” (A33) for more information.

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