Nortel Networks COOLPIX S80 - Manual (Page 85)

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Shooting Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
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Notes on Smart Portrait Mode
• Digital zoom is not available.
• Self-timer is not available.
• Touch shutter cannot be enabled.
• Under some shooting conditions, the camera may be unable to detect faces or detect smiles.
• See “Notes on Face Detection” (A 49) for more information.
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Notes on Skin Softening
• More time than usual may be required to save a picture when shooting with skin softening
function.
• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may not be smoothed or parts other than face may
be modified though the camera detects a face. If the desired results are not produced, set Skin
softening to Off and shoot again.
• The skin softening level cannot be adjusted when the portrait or night portrait is selected in the
scene mode.
• Retouch effects such as the glamour retouch function’s skin softening effect can be applied to
pictures after they are taken ( A 120).
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Self-timer Lamp
The self-timer lamp blinks slowly when the smile timer is enabled and the camera detects a face, and
it blinks quickly immediately after the shutter is released.
C
Releasing the Shutter Manually
Pictures can also be taken by pressing the shutter-release button. The camera focuses on the subject
at the center of the frame when faces are not detected.
C
Auto Off in Smile Timer Mode
When Smile timer is set to On, the auto off function ( A 155) is activated and the camera turns off
when either of the situations indicated below persists and no other operations are performed.
• The camera does not detect any faces.
• The camera detected a face, but cannot detect a smile.
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More Information
See “Autofocus” ( A 29) for more information.