Optimus COOLPIXS630BK, COOLPIXS630RED user manual Shooting with Face Priority, 112, Smile mode A52

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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus

Shooting with Face Priority

The camera automatically detects and focuses on a face looking toward the camera. The face priority function will be enabled for the scenarios below.

•Face priority is selected for AF area mode (A110)

•When Scene auto selector (A42), Portrait (A36) or Night portrait (A37) is chosen for scene mode

•Smile mode (A52)

1Frame the picture.

•When the camera detects a face looking toward the

camera, that face will be 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 a double	Number of faces
	border	to be recognized
Auto mode (Face priority)	The face closest to the
Scene auto selector or Night	camera
	* The other faces are framed	Up to 12
portrait scene modes
	by a single border.
Portrait scene mode	The face closest to the
	center of the frame
Smile mode	* The other faces are framed	Up to 3
	by a single border.

2Press the shutter-release button halfway.

•The camera focuses on the face framed by the double

border. The double border will glow green and focus will be locked.

•When the camera is unable to focus on a face, the double

border will blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway again and focus.

• Press the shutter-release button all the way down to shoot.

•You do not need to press the shutter-release button

halfway in smile mode. If the camera detects a smiling face, the shutter is automatically released (A52).

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