Nikon Coolpix S3000 - Manual (Page 39)

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Step 3 Focus and Shoot
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During Recording
While pictures are being recorded, the number of exposures remaining will blink. Do not open the
battery-chamber/memory card slot cover while pictures are being recorded. 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 behind the subject
makes that subject appear very dark)
• No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. a portrait subject, wearing a white shirt, is
standing in front of a white wall)
• 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 45). 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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Note on Face Priority
See AF area mode ( A 44) and “Face Priority” (A 46) for more information.
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Blink Warning Screen
When the camera detects that portrait subjects may have blinked when a picture was taken in face
priority mode with d Blink warning set to On, the blink warning screen (
A 141) is displayed in
the monitor.
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AF-assist Illuminator and Flash
If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illuminator ( A 136) may light by pressing the shutter-release
button halfway, or the flash ( A 30) may fire when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way
down.