Nikon Coolpix P90 - Manual (Page 67)

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Using Smile Timer/Blink Proof
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Press the shutter-release button when the required pictures have been
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• Automatic shooting will end.
• Shooting will also end in the situations below.
- When nine pictures have been taken
- When more than five minutes has passed since pressing the shutter-release button
in step 4 and no smiling faces have been detected
Notes on Blink Proof
Choose the y (blink proof ) icon in step 2 of the previous page to use the blink
proof function together with smile timer.
Once the camera starts searching for smiling faces in step 4, whenever smiling faces
are detected, the camera takes two pictures and chooses an image in which the
subjects’ eyes are open.
• The message on the right will be displayed for a few
seconds when the camera detects someone blinking
in the picture taken.
• y (blink proof ) cannot be chosen in Night portrait
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 a smile timer/y blink proof, the
face is automatically recognized and that smiling face will be detected.
• Under some shooting conditions, Face priority will not take effect and smiling faces cannot be
detected.
• See “Shooting with Face Priority” ( A123) for more information about Face Priority.
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Operation of the Self-Timer Lamp for Smile Timer/Blink Proof
• When the shutter-release button is pressed in step 4, the self-timer lamp will blink. The lamp stops
blinking one second before the camera begins searching for smiling faces.
• When the camera has detected peoples' faces and is waiting for a smiling face, the self-timer lamp blinks.
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Immediately after the shutter is released with detection of a smiling face, the self-timer lamp
flickers.
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Functions Restricted in Smile Timer/Blink Proof Mode
• The focus mode setting will be changed to A (autofocus). If the setting is changed to any setting
other than A (autofocus), a (smile timer) or y (blink proof ) will be cancelled.
• Flash cannot be used for y (blink proof ).
• For shooting modes
A, B, C, D, E and F, blink proof cannot be used if B&W + color has been
enabled for the Black-and-white option of Optimize image ( A111).
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More Information
See “Autofocus” ( A29) for more information.
One or more subjects may have
closed their eyes.