Nikon Coolpix P300 User Manual page 61

y M e Night portrait
Use this mode for portraits taken at sunset or at night. Flash is
used to illuminate the subject while maintaining the mood of
the background.
Select Hand-held or Tripod on the screen that is displayed
when e Night portrait scene mode is selected.
• Hand-held:
- The Y icon is displayed on the shooting screen.
- For a scene with a dark background, when the shutter-release button is pressed all the
way, pictures are shot continuously. The camera combines these pictures to save a
single picture.
- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera steady without
moving it until a still picture is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera
off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen.
- If the subject moves while the camera is shooting continuously, the image may be
distorted, overlapped or blurred.
• Tripod (default setting): Select this mode when the camera is stabilized, such as with a
tripod.
- The Z icon is displayed on the shooting screen.
- Vibration reduction (A150) is automatically set to Off regardless of the applied
option in the setup menu (A141).
- Press the shutter-release button all the way to shoot a single picture at slow shutter
speeds.
• Shoot pictures with the flash raised.
• The digital zoom is not available.
• The camera automatically detects and focuses on a face (see "Shooting with Face Priority"
(A85) for more information).
- If the camera detects multiple faces, the camera focuses on the face closest to the
camera.
- After the Skin softening feature makes the subject's skin appear smoother (up to three
people), the camera records the image (A46).
- If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
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Selecting Scenes for Shooting (Scene Mode)
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