During Recording, Autofocus, Touch Shutter

Models: COOLPIXS4000PLUM COOLPIXS4000CS COOLPIXS4000MDKIT coolpix s4000

Step 3 Focus and Shoot

BDuring Recording

While pictures are being recorded, the number of exposures remaining will blink. Do not open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover while pictures are being recorded. Cutting power or removing the memory card in these circumstances could result in loss of data or in damage to the camera or card.

BAutofocus

Autofocus may not perform as expected in the following situations. In some rare cases, the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the focus area or the focus indicator glows green.

•Subject is very dark

•Objects of sharply differing brightness are included in the frame (e.g. the sun behind the subject makes that subject appear very dark)

•No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. a portrait subject, wearing a white shirt, is standing in front a white wall)

•Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g. the subject is inside a cage)

•Subject is moving rapidly

In the situations noted above, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway to refocus several times, or focus on another subject (A 39). When focusing on another subject, be sure that the alternate subject is at the same distance from the camera as the intended subject while the shutter- release button is pressed halfway.

BNote on Face Priority

See AF area mode (A 55) or Face priority (A 56) for more information.

CTouch Shutter

At the default setting, the shutter can be released by simply tapping a subject in the monitor (A 34) rather than by pressing the shutter-release button. The Touch shutter option can be changed to the Touch AF/AE option, with which the camera locks focus and exposure without releasing the shutter, when a subject is tapped (A 37).

CBlink Warning screen

When the camera detects that portrait subjects may have blinked when a picture was taken in face priority mode with d Blink warning set to On, the blink warning screen (A 153) is displayed in

the monitor.

DAF-assist Illuminator and Flash

If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illuminator (A 147) may light when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, or the flash (A 42) may fire when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way down.

Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto) Mode

COOLPIXS4000PLUM, COOLPIXS4000CS, COOLPIXS4000MDKIT, coolpix, s4000 specifications

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