Nikon COOLPIXS550P, COOLPIXS550GB, COOLPIXS550CB user manual Face Priority

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Face Priority

When the camera is pointed at a people’s face, the camera automatically recognizes the face and will focus on it.

In the following cases, the face priority feature will take effect.

•When AF area mode is set to Face priority (default setting) (A 94)

•When Scene mode is set to Portrait (A 35) or Night portrait (A 36)

•When the smile mode is selected (A 43)

1Frame a picture

Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus

When the camera recognizes a face (front view), that face will be framed by a yellow double border.

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If more than on face is recognized, the operations will vary with the shooting modes as follows.

Shooting mode	Faces framed by a double border	The number of faces
		to be recognized
A(auto) mode, high	The face positioned at the nearest
sensitivity shooting
	to the camera.
mode (Face Priority)
	* The other faces are framed by a	Up to 12
Scene mode:
	single border.
Night portrait
Scene mode: Portrait	The face positioned at the nearest
	center of the screen.
Smile mode	* The other faces are framed by a	Up to 3
	single border.

2Press the shutter-release button halfway

Focus will be 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 and try focusing again.

Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to take the picture.

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You don’t need to press the shutter-release button halfway in the smile mode. If the camera detects the smiling face, the shutter is automatically released (A 43).