More On Shooting; Selecting A Shooting Mode - Nikon Coolpix S8000 User Manual

More on Shooting

Selecting a Shooting Mode

Select a shooting mode from A (auto), x (scene), F (smart portrait), and s
(subject tracking) modes.
1
Press the A button in shooting
mode.
The shooting-mode selection menu is
displayed.
2
Use the rotary multi selector to select a
shooting mode and press the k button.
The camera enters the selected shooting mode.
When selecting a different scene mode (the second
icon from the top), press K and use the rotary multi
selector to select a scene and then press the k
button.
To return to the current shooting mode without switching shooting modes, press the
A button or the shutter-release button.
A Auto mode
1
Pictures can be taken with an automatic, "point-and-shoot" mode recommended
for first-time users of digital cameras. Brightness, hue, and vividness can be
adjusted using the creative slider (A 35). Shooting settings such as continuous
shooting can be applied from the shooting menu (A 41).
x Scene mode
2
Camera settings are automatically optimized for the selected scene. In scene auto
selector mode, the camera automatically selects the optimum scene mode for
simpler shooting.
F Smart portrait
3
The camera uses face priority to recognize human faces, and then automatically
releases the shutter when a smile is detected. The skin softening option can be
used to make skin tones of human faces displayed smoothly.
s Subject tracking
4
Suited to focus and take pictures of moving subjects.
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1
Auto mode
2
3
4
A 22
A 55
A 67
A 70