Nikon COOLPIX P520 Reference Manual page 62

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)
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Pet portrait
• When the camera is pointed at a dog or cat, it detects and focuses on its face. In the
default setting, the shutter is automatically released when the camera has focused on the
pet (pet portrait auto release).
• On the screen that appears when "# Pet portrait is selected, select Single or
Continuous.
- Single: One picture is captured at a time
- Continuous: The camera automatically captures 3 pictures continuously at a rate of
about 3 frames per second when it has focused on the detected face. When the
shutter is released manually, up to 5 pictures are shot at a rate of about 3 frames per
second while you hold the shutter-release button all the way (when image quality is
set to Normal and image size is set to _ 4896×3672).
L_ Pet Portrait Auto Release
• To change Pet portrait auto release settings, pressthe multi selector • (_t_)).
I_: When the camera detects a pet's face, it focuses and then releases the shutter automatically.
OFF: The camera does not release the shutter automatically, even if a pet's face is detected.
Press the shutter release button to release the shutter. The camera also detects human faces
(_80). When both human and pet's faces are detected, the camera focuses on the pet's face.
• in the following situations, Pet portrait auto release is automatically switched to OFF,
When a continuous shooting series with pet portrait auto releaseis repeated 5 times
When the internal memory or the memory card is full
To continue shooting with Pet portrait auto release, pressthe multi selector • (_.)) to set again.
Focus Area
• The detected face is framed by a yellow double border (focus
area). When the camera has focused on the face, the double
border turns green.
• When the camera detects more than one face of dog or cat (up
to g), the largest face displayed on the monitor is framed by a
double border (focus area) and the others by single borders.
• if no human or pet's faces are detected, the camera focuses on
the subject at the center of the frame.
Notes on Pet Portrait
• The digital zoom is not available.
• Under some shooting conditions, such as subject to camera distance, speed of moving pets,
direction in which the pets are facing, and brightness of the faces, the camera may be unable to
detect a face, or may display a border around something other than a dog or cat.
Viewing Pictures Taken Using Pet Detection
• During playback, the camera automatkally rotates images according to the orientation of the
pet's face detected at the time of shooting (except for pictures taken with continuous shooting).
• When zooming in on an image displayed in full frame playback mode by rotating the zoom
control toward T ((_), the image is enlarged at the center of a pet's face detected during shooting
((_82) (except for pictures taken with continuous shooting),