Nikon s4000, COOLPIXS4000PLUM, coolpix Face Priority, Frame a picture, Smart portrait mode a

1/250 F3.2

Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A(Auto) Mode)

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Face Priority

When the camera is pointed at a human face, face recognition, which the camera automatically recognizes that face and focus on it, starts. The face priority function is activated in the following situations.

•AF area mode (A 55) is set to Face priority

•In Scene auto selector (A 60), Portrait (A 62), and Night portrait (A 63) scene modes

•In smart portrait mode (A 72)

1 Frame a picture.

When the camera recognizes a face, that face is framed by a yellow double border.

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When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies, depending upon the shooting mode, as follows.

Shooting mode	Faces framed by	Number of faces that
	double border	can be recognized
A(auto) mode (face priority)	The face closest to the
Scene auto selector, Portrait,	camera	Up to 12
	* Other faces framed by
Night portrait scene mode
	single border.
	The face closest to the
Smart portrait mode	center of the frame	Up to 3
	* Other faces framed by
	single border.

The camera focuses on the face framed by the double border. To select another face for focusing, tap a face framed by a single border. The border surrounding the selected face will change to a double border.

2 Press the shutter-release button halfway.

The camera focuses 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 a picture.

If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling in smart portrait mode, the Smile timer (A74) is activated and the shutter is automatically released without the shutter-release button having been pressed.

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