Nikon Coolpix S560 User Manual page 119

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)
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• When Scene mode is set to
Portrait
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Night portrait
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• When the scene auto selector mode is selected
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• When the smile mode is selected
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Frame a picture
When the camera recognizes a face (front view), that face
will be framed by a yellow double border.
If more than one face is recognized, the operations will vary with the shooting modes as follows.
Shooting mode
Faces framed
by
a
double The number of faces
border to be recognized
o
(auto) mode
(Face
The face positioned at the
Priority)
Scene mode:
nearest to the camera.
Night portrait
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The other faces are framed
Up to 12
Scene auto selector mode
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by a single border.
Scene mode:
Portrait
The face positioned at the
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nearest center of the screen.
Smile mode
*
The other faces are framed
Up to 3
by a single border.
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Press 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.
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
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