Taking Photographs - Nikon Coolpix S02 Reference Manual

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❚❚ Taking Photographs
If you hold the zoom control to g
after zooming in to the maximum
optical zoom position, you can
further increase magnification by up
to 4× with digital zoom. Digital zoom
is available only when Scene auto
selector is chosen for Scene selection (A 22); d mode
is automatically selected when digital zoom is in effect.
At positions past the V icon in the
zoom display, the zoom display turns
yellow to indicate that pictures may
become noticeably "grainy". The V
icon moves to the right at smaller image sizes (A 24).
View Connect
Optical Digital
zoom zoom
The Setup Menu
Autofocus: If faces are detected,
the camera will focus on the face
closest to the camera. If no face is
detected or digital zoom is in effect,
the camera will focus on the subject
in the center of the display.
The AF-assist illuminator (A 5) may
light to assist the focus operation if
the subject is poorly lit.
The illuminator has a range of about
1.7 m (5 ft 6 in.) at the maximum
wide-angle position and about 1.5 m
(4 ft 11 in.) at the maximum telephoto position.
Although the focus area may still be displayed or the in-
focus indicator light green, the camera may fail to focus if the
subject is very dark, fast-moving, mixes areas of sharply
contrasting brightness (e.g., is half in the shade) or near and
distant objects (e.g., is behind the bars of a cage), is dominated
by regular geometric patterns (e.g., venetian blinds or a row of
windows in a skyscraper), or contrasts poorly with the
background (e.g., is the same color as the background). Should
this occur, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway a
second time or recomposing the photograph.
Point-and-Shoot Photography and Movie Recording
Technical Notes
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