Shooting With Face Priority - Nikon COOLPIX P7000 User Manual

Selecting the Focus Area (A, B, C, D Modes)

Shooting with Face Priority

The camera automatically detects and focuses on a face.
The face priority function is enabled for the following situations.
• Face priority is selected for AF area mode (A84)
• When Scene auto selector (A46), Portrait (A48) or Night portrait (A49)
is selected in scene mode
a
• When (Smile timer) is selected (A36)
1
Frame the picture.
• When the camera detects a face, the focus area
containing the face is displayed with a double yellow
border.
• When the camera detects more than one face, depending upon the shooting mode,
the operation varies as follows.
Shooting mode
A, B, C, D,
modes (Face priority)
Scene auto selector,
Portrait or Night portrait
scene modes
a (Smile timer)
2
Press the shutter-release button halfway.
• The camera focuses on the face framed by the double
border. The double border lights in green and the focus
is locked.
• When the camera is unable to focus on a face, the
double border blinks. Press the shutter-release button
halfway again and focus.
• Press the shutter-release button all the way down to shoot.
• If the shutter-release button is fully pressed down while a (Smile timer) is set, the
shutter releases automatically when the camera detects a smiling face (A36).
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Faces framed by a double
E, F, N
The face closest to the camera
* The other faces are framed by
a single border.
The face closest to the center
of the frame
* The other faces are framed by
a single border.
Number of faces to be
border
Up to 12
Up to 3
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