Nikon COOLPIX L810, Reference Manual

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Sh
ooting Feat
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Smart Portrait Mode (Capturing Smiling Faces)
When the camera detects a smiling face, you can take a picture automatically without
pressing the shutter-release button (smile timer). You can use the skin softening option to
smooth the skin tones in human faces.
1
Frame the picture.
• Raise the flash when using it (
A
5).
• When the camera detects a human face, a yellow double border (focus area) is displayed
around that face. When the camera has focused on that face, the double border will turn
green for a moment and focus is locked.
• Up to three faces can be detected. When the camera detects more than one face, a double
border is displayed around the face closest to the center of the frame, and single borders are
displayed around the other faces.
2
Wait for the subject to smile. Do not press the shutter-release button.
• If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the Smile timer
(
A
46,
E
28) feature is activated and the shutter is automatically released.
• After the camera releases the shutter, it will continue to detect faces and smiles, and will
release the shutter again if it detects a smiling face.
3
Shooting ends.
• Any of the following operations can be used to cancel smile detection and stop shooting.
- Turn the camera off.
- Set
Smile timer (
A
46,
E
28) to Off .
- Press the
A
button and select a different shooting mode.
Enter shooting mode
M A
(shooting mode) button
M F
Smart portrait mode
M
k
button