Step 3 Focus And Shoot - Nikon COOLPIX S230 User Manual

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1 Pressthe shutter-release button halfway. F_]
When a face looking toward the camera is recognized:
Camera wiE] focus on the face surrounded by the double
border active focus area. When the subject is in focus, the
double border glows green.
Shutter Aperture
speed
When shooting pictures of subjects other than people or d:l
Camera automatically selects the focus area (one of nine)
containing the subject closest to the camera. When the
subject is in focus, the active focus area glows green.
Shutter Aperture
speed
When digital zoom is used, the focus area is not displayed Focus indicator
and the camera focuses at the center of the frame. Once
focus has been acquired, the focus indicator will glow
green.
When you press the shutter-release button halfway, the
shutter speed and aperture values also appear.
Focus and exposure remain locked while the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.
While the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the double border for face
recognition may blink, or the focus area or focus indicator may blink red. All of these
cases indicate that the camera does not focus. Change the composition and press the
shutter-release button halfway again.
See "AF Area Mode" ([_ 116) or "Face Priority" ([_ 118) for more information about
Face Priority.
2 Press the shutter-release button the rest of
the way down.
The shutter is released and the picture wiU be recorded to
the memory card or internal memory.