Nikon S550 User Manual
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Step 3 Focus and Shoot
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During Recording
While pictures are being recorded, the O (wait) icon will be displayed and the number of exposures
remaining or movie length will blink. Do not turn the camera off, open the battery-chamber/
memory card slot cover, or remove or disconnect the power source while these icons are displayed.
Cutting power or removing the memory card in these circumstances could result in loss of data or in
damage to the camera or card.
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Autofocus
Autofocus may not perform as expected in the following situations. In some rare cases, the subject
may not be in focus despite the fact that the focus area or the focus indicator glows green:
• Subject is very dark
• Objects of sharply differing brightness are included in the scene (e.g. the sun is behind the subject
and is in deep shadow)
• No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. when the subject is standing in front of a
white wall, wearing a white shirt)
• Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g. the subject is inside a cage)
• Subject is moving rapidly
In the situations noted above, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway to refocus several
times, or focus on another subject and use focus lock (
A 95). When using focus lock, be sure that
the distance between the camera and the subject with which focus was locked is the same as that
for the actual subject.
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Blink Warning
When the screen below is displayed shortly after the picture is taken in Face Priority mode, a picture
of human subjects with eyes closed may be shot (
• Human subjects with eyes closed will be framed by a yellow border in view images mode.
• To return to the shooting mode, press k or press the shutter-release button halfway (A 119).
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AF-assist Illuminator and Flash
If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illuminator may light by pressing the shutter-release button
halfway, or the flash may fire by pressing the shutter-release button all the way down.
The illuminator has a range of about 1.9 m (6 ft.) at the maximum wide-angle position and 1.1 m
(3 ft. 7 in.) at the maximum telescopic position. The AF-assist illuminator can be set to Off manually
(
A 115), although in this case the camera may not focus when lighting is poor.
One or more subjects may
have closed their eyes.
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