Nikon S230 - Manual (Page 62)

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Automatic Shooting of a Smiling Face
Shooting in Smile Mode
The camera detects a smiling face to shoot the face automatically.
1
Enter smile mode by pressing the
A button in shooting mode and
tapping a.
2
Frame a picture.
Point the camera at the subject.
If the camera recognizes a face looking toward the camera,
the face will be framed by a yellow double border in the
focus area, and when the face comes into focus, the
double border will glow green for a moment and the focus
will be locked.
Up to three faces can be detected. When the camera detects more than one face, the
face closest to the center of the frame is framed by a double border and the others by
single borders. When a face framed by a single border is tapped twice, the camera
focuses on the position indicated by tapping the touch panel.
3
The shutter is automatically released.
If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the shutter is
automatically released.
When the camera detects a face, the self-timer lamp ( A 4) blinks. Immediately after the
shutter is released with detection of a smiling face, the self-timer lamp flickers.
Each time the shutter is released, the camera automatically take pictures using the
recognizing face and the detecting smiling face features repeatedly.
At default settings, the Blink proof function is activated ( A 51).
4
Exit smile mode by pressing the A button.
Change to another shooting mode.
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Face Priority and Smiling Face Detection Features
When the camera is pointed at a face looking toward the camera in smile mode, the face is
automatically recognized and the smiling face of the recognized one is detected.
• In some shooting conditions, face recognition does not work and faces cannot be detected.
• See “Face Priority” (A 118) for more information.
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