Nikon COOLPIXS100BLK, COOLPIXS100PURPLE manual E55, Shooting Modes That Enable Touch AF/AE Function

The Shooting Menu (for A (Auto) Mode)

CShooting Modes That Enable Touch AF/AE Function

The touch AF/AE can be used in A(auto) mode and other shooting modes. Touch AF/AE operation differs according to the current shooting mode as follows.

Shooting mode	Touch AF/AE operation
	• When the camera detects a face, only a face framed by
	a border can be selected. When the camera detects
G(easy auto) (A36), smart portrait	more than one face, tap a face framed by a single
mode (when Smile timer is set to	border to set focus and exposure for that face. The
Off; A50)	single border changes to a double border.
	• When no face is detected, focus is set for the area
	tapped.
A (auto) mode (A37), Sports,
Party/indoor, Beach, Snow,
Close-up,Food, Museum, Black	Focus and exposure are set for the area tapped.
and white copy, Backlighting, and
3D photography1 scene modes
(A40)
	Only a border displayed by the face detection function
Portrait and Night portrait scene	can be selected. When the camera detects more than
modes (A40)	one face, tap a face framed by a single border to move
	the focus area to that face.
Landscape, Sunset, Dusk/dawn,
Night landscape, Fireworks show,
and Panorama scene modes	Touch AF/AE cannot be enabled.
(A40), smart portrait mode (when
Smile timer is set to On; A50)
	When Pet portrait auto release is set to On: Touch AF/
	AE is disabled.
Pet portrait scene mode2 (A40)	When set to Off: Only borders displayed by the pet face
	detection function can be selected. When the camera
	detects more than one pet’s face, tap a face framed by a
	single border to set the focus and exposure on that face.

1The focus and exposure set for the first shot are used for the second shot.

2Set Pet portrait auto release to Off to enable touch shutter (default setting) or touch AF/ AE.

Reference Section

E55