A/Y Automatic Shooting Of Smiling Faces; Using Smile Timer/Blink Proof - Nikon COOLPIX P90 User Manual

Automatic Shooting of Smiling Faces

Using Smile Timer/Blink Proof

The camera detects a smiling face using face priority and releases the shutter automatically.
This function can be used in the following shooting modes: A (auto) mode, Portrait and
Night portrait (excluding blink proof ) settings of Scene mode, and A, B, C, D, E and
F modes.
1
Press n (self-timer).
• The self-timer menu is displayed.
• Change any flash mode, exposure compensation, or
shooting menu settings before pressing the n button.
2
Use the multi selector to choose a (smile
timer) or y (blink proof) (A55), and press
the k button.
• If a setting is not applied by pressing the k button
within a few seconds, the selection will be cancelled.
3
Frame the picture.
• Point the camera at the subject.
• When the camera detects a face looking toward the
camera, the focus area containing the face will be
displayed with a yellow double border. The camera
focuses on the face framed by the double border. The
double border will turn green for a moment and focus
will be locked.
• Up to three faces can be detected. When more than one face is detected, the face
closest to the center of the frame is framed by a double border and the others by single
borders.
• Digital zoom is not available.
4
Press the shutter-release button fully.
• The camera begins searching for smiling faces five seconds after the shutter-release
button is fully pressed down. The time until the search starts will be displayed in the
monitor and the double border will turn green.
• Press the shutter-release button before the camera starts searching for smiling faces to
stop the timer.
• If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the shutter
is automatically released.
• After the timer starts counting down, the face that is recognized by the camera and
framed by the double border will be detected as a smiling face.
• When the shutter is released, automatic shooting, in which the camera detects a
smiling face and releases the shutter automatically, will be performed repeatedly.
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