Face Priority - Nikon COOLPIX S550 User Manual

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) (A 94)
• When Scene mode is set to Portrait (A 35) or Night portrait (A 36)
• When the smile mode is selected (A 43)
1
Frame a picture
When the camera recognizes a face (front view), that face
will be framed by a yellow double border.
If more than on face is recognized, the operations will vary with the shooting modes as follows.
Shooting mode
A (auto) mode, high
sensitivity shooting
mode (Face Priority)
Scene mode:
Night portrait
Scene mode: Portrait The face positioned at the nearest
Smile mode
2
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 (A 43).
96
Faces framed by a double border
The face positioned at the nearest
to the camera.
* The other faces are framed by a
single border.
center of the screen.
* The other faces are framed by a
single border.
10 10 10
The number of faces
to be recognized
Up to 12
Up to 3
1/250 F5.6 1/250 F5.6