Nikon S2500 - Manual (Page 76)

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Shooting Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
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Notes on Smart Portrait Mode
• Digital zoom is not available.
• Under some shooting conditions, the camera may be unable to detect faces or detect smiles.
• See “Notes on Face Detection” (A 47) 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.
• Skin softening can also be applied on recorded pictures (A 103).
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Auto Power Off in Smile Timer Mode
When Smile timer is set to On, the auto power off function ( A 136) 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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Functions Available in Smart Portrait Mode
• Flash cannot be used when Blink proof is set to On. When Blink proof is set to Off, flash mode
( A 30) is set to U (auto) (can be modified).
• The self timer (A 32) options can be applied when Smile timer is set to Off.
• Macro mode (A 33) cannot be used.
• Exposure compensation (A 34) is enabled.
• When pressing the d button to display F (smart portrait) menu, Image mode, Skin
softening, Smile timer, or Blink proof options can be applied ( A 65).
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More Information
See “Autofocus” ( A 27) for more information.