Nikon COOLPIX S4000 User Manual page 68

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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 (_ 55) is set to Face priority
• In Scene auto selector (_ 60), Portrait (_ 62), and Night portrait (_ 63)
scenemodes
• In smart portrait mode (1_ 72)
1
Framea picture.
When the camera recognizes a face, that face is framed by
a yd]ow double border.
When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies, depending upon the
shooting mode, as follows.
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Shooting m0de Faces framed by Number offaces that
double border can be recognized
I_1 (auto) mode (face priori1_}/__I_ The face closest to the
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Scene auto selector, Portrait, _ Other faces framed by Up to 12
Night portrait scene mode single border.
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Smart portrait mode center of the frame
Other faces framed by Up to 3
single border.
The camera focuses on the face framed by the double border. To select another face for
focusing, tap a face framed by a single border. The border surrounding the selected face
will change to a double border.
2 Press the shutter-release button halfway.
The camera focuses 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 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 (_ 74) is activated and the shutter is automatically released
without the shutter-release button having been pressed.