Nikon S620 - Manual (Page 113)

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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
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Shooting with Face Priority
The camera automatically detects and focuses on a face looking toward the camera.
The face priority function will be enabled for the scenarios below.
• Face priority is selected for AF area mode (
A99)
• When Scene auto selector ( A42), Portrait (A36) or Night portrait (A37)
is chosen for scene mode
• Smile mode (
A48)
1
Frame the picture.
• When the camera detects a face looking toward the
camera, 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.
• You do not need to press the shutter-release button
halfway in smile mode. If the camera detects a smiling face, the shutter is automatically
released (
A48).
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
Smile mode
The face closest to the
camera
* The other faces are framed
by a single border.
Up to 3
16 13 13
F2.7 1/250 1/250 F2.7