Nikon COOLPIXS52CR, COOLPIXS52MB user manual One-Touch Portrait Menu, Face-Priority AF

The One-Touch Portrait Menu

The following portrait effects (reducing vividness of skin tones, softening overall image) can be set in the one-touch portrait menu. Press din one-touch portrait mode to display the one-touch portrait menu.

AImage mode

Choose a combination of image size and image quality (compression) (A 83). Changes made to this setting apply to all shooting modes (except movie mode).

EPortrait effect

Choose from Normal, Brighter (reduces vividness of skin tones), and Softer (soft effect).

BFace-Priority AF

•If no face is recognized when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera focuses on the center of the frame.

•The camera may be unable to detect faces in the following situations:

-When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or other obstructions

-When the subject is not looking directly at the camera

-When faces take up too much or too little of the frame

•The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not the subject is facing the camera.

•If the yellow double border blinks when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera was unable to focus. Release the button and try again.

•In some rare cases shooting subjects with which autofocus may not perform as expected (A 27),

the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the double border glows green. Should this occur, switch to A(auto) mode, refocus on another subject positioned at the same distance from the camera as the actual portrait subject, and use focus lock (A 27).

Shooting in One-Touch Portrait Mode

CSettings for One-Touch Portrait Mode

•The flash mode can be changed. When shooting under low lighting with W selected for flash mode, processing to reduce noise may be performed automatically, increasing the time required to save pictures.

•The self-timer and exposure compensation can be applied, however, macro mode and digital

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