Nikon S640 - Manual (Page 118)

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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
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Shooting with Face Priority
When the camera is pointed at a face, the face is automatically detected and the
camera focuses on the face.
The face priority function will be enabled for scenarios such as the following.
• Face priority is selected for AF area mode (A 104)
• When Scene auto selector (A 45), Portrait (A 38) or Night portrait
(
A 39) is chosen for scene mode
• When using smart portrait mode (A 51)
1
Frame the picture.
• When the camera detects a face, that face will be
framed by a yellow double border.
• When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies, depending upon the
shooting mode, as follows.
2
Press the shutter-release button halfway.
• The camera focuses on the face framed by the double
border. The double border will glow green and focus
will be locked.
• When the camera is unable to focus on a face, the
double border will blink. Press the shutter-release
button halfway again and focus.
• Press the shutter-release button all the way down to shoot.
• When using smart portrait mode, even if the shutter-release button is not pressed, the
shutter is released automatically if the camera detects that the face framed by the
double border is smiling (
Smile timer) (A 53).
Shooting mode
Faces framed by a double
border
Number of faces
to be recognized
Auto mode (Face priority)
The face closest to the
camera
* The other faces are
framed by a single border.
Up to 12 Scene auto selector, Portrait
or Night portrait scene modes
Smart portrait mode
The face closest to the
camera
* The other faces are
framed by a single border.
Up to 3
13 13
F2.7 1/250 1/250 F2.7