Nortel Networks COOLPIXS610BK, COOLPIXS610GR user manual GAF Area Mode

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

GAF Area Mode

Use this option to determine where the camera focuses.

When digital zoom is in effect, the camera will focus on the subject in the center focus area regardless of the applied AF area mode option.

zFace priority

The camera automatically detects and focuses on a
face looking toward the camera (Shooting with Face
Priority ➝ A92). If the camera detects multiple
faces, the camera focuses on the face closest to the
camera.
When shooting pictures of subjects other than
people, or framing a subject with which no face is
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recognized, AF area mode will be set to Auto. The
camera chooses the focus area (one of nine)
containing the subject closest to the camera and focuses on the subject.

wAuto (default setting)

Shooting, Playback, and Setup Menus

Camera automatically selects the focus area (one of nine) containing the subject closest to the camera. Press the shutter-release button halfway to activate the focus area. When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the focus area selected by the camera will be displayed in the monitor.

xManual

This option is suited to situations in which the intended subject is relatively still and not positioned

in the center of the frame.

Press the rotary multi selector H, I, Jor Kto select one of 99 focus areas displayed in the monitor’s focus-area selection screen, and shoot. To end focus-area selection and adjust the flash

mode, macro mode, self-timer and exposure compensation settings, press the k button. To

return to the focus-area selection screen, press the k button.

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Focus areas

AF area

Selectable focus areas

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