Nikon S800c - Manual (Page 56)

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Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)
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Selecting a Scene Mode (Features)
Use of a tripod is recommended in the scene modes indicated with O, due to the slow shutter
speeds. Set Vibration reduction in the setup menu ( A74) to Off when using a tripod to stabilize
the camera during shooting.
b Portrait
• The camera detects a human face and focuses on it (A58).
• The camera smoothes skin tones by applying the skin softening function (A54).
• If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
• Digital zoom is not available.
• The camera continuously adjusts focus even when the shutter-release button is not
pressed halfway. As a result, you may hear the sound of the lens focus motor.
c Landscape
• When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the focus areas or focus indicator
( A6) always glows green.
• Use the scene effect adjustment slider (A33) to adjust image saturation.
d Sports
• The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame. The focus area can be
changed with the touch shutter or touch AF/AE option ( A53).
• When the shutter-release button is held down, up to 3 images are taken at a rate of about
8 frames per second (fps) when image mode is set to P 4608×3456.
• The camera continuously adjusts focus even when the shutter-release button is not
pressed halfway. As a result, you may hear the sound of the lens focus motor.
• During continuous shooting, focus, exposure, and white balance are fixed at the values
determined with the first image in each series.
• The frame rate with continuous shooting may vary depending on the current image
mode setting, the memory card used, or shooting conditions.
• Continuous shooting is disabled and only one image can be taken at a time when the
shutter is released using the touch shutter function ( A53).