Nikon P3 - Manual (Page 41)

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Using A PORTRAIT (FACE AF) Mode
Taking Pictures with Face-priority AF
• The camera focuses continuously until the focus and exposure are locked by pressing the shutter-
release button halfway. If no face is detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway,
the camera will focus on the center of the frame.
• Digital zoom (P.25) is not available.
• The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not the
subject is facing the camera. The camera may be unable to detect faces that are partially hidden
by sunglasses or other obstructions, or faces that take up too much or too little of the frame.
Rotate mode dial to b.
• Default setting is A PORTRAIT (FACE
AF). If you have already selected a differ-
ent scene, press m to select A.
K blinks in the center of the monitor.
Frame picture using size of K as a
guide.
• When the subject’s face becomes the
same size as K, the camera recognizes it
and frames with a double yellow border.
• If the camera detects multiple faces, the
closest will be framed by a double border,
the rest by a single border. The camera
can recognize up to three faces.
• If the camera can no longer detect the
subject (for example, because the subject
has looked away from the camera), bor-
ders will no longer be displayed and K
will blink on the monitor (screen in step
1).
Press shutter-release button halfway to
set focus and exposure.
The double border turns green.
Press shutter-release button the rest of the way down to take picture.