Face Priority - Nikon COOLPIX S8000 User Manual

Face Priority

When the camera is pointed at a human face, face recognition, which the camera
automatically recognizes that face and focus on it, starts. The face priority function
is activated in the following situations.
• AF area mode (A 49) is set to Face priority
• In Scene auto selector (A 56), Portrait (A 58), and Night portrait (A 59)
scene modes
• In smart portrait mode (A 67)
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Frame a picture.
When the camera recognizes a face, that face is framed
by a yellow double border.
When the camera recognizes more than one face, operation varies as follows depending
upon the shooting mode.
Shooting mode
A (auto) mode
(face priority)
Scene auto selector,
Portrait, or Night
portrait scene mode
Smart portrait mode
2
Press the shutter-release button halfway.
The camera focuses on the face framed by the double
border. The double border turns green and focus is locked.
When the camera is unable to focus, the double border
will blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway again
and focus.
Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down
to take a picture.
If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling in smart
portrait mode, the Smile timer (
released without the shutter-release button having been pressed.
Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode)
Face framed by double border
The face closest to the camera
• Other faces framed by single
border.
The face closest to the center of
the frame
• Other faces framed by single
border.
A
69) is activated and the shutter is automatically
8 8
Number of faces that
can be recognized
Up to 12
Up to 3
1 / 2 5 0 1 / 2 5 0 F 3.5 F 3.5
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