Nikon CoolPix P7000, User Manual

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Selecting the Focus Area (
A
,
B
,
C
,
D
Modes)
More on
Sh
ooting
Shooting with Face Priority
The camera automatically detects and focuses on a face.
The face priority function is enabled for the following situations.
• Face priority is selected for AF area mode (
A
84)
• When Scene auto selector (
A
46), Portrait (
A
48) or Night portrait (
A
49)
is selected in scene mode
• When a (Smile timer) is selected (
A
36)
1
Frame the picture.
• When the camera detects a face, the focus area
containing the face is displayed with a double yellow
border.
• When the camera detects more than one face, depending upon the shooting mode,
the operation varies as follows.
2
Press the shutter-release button halfway.
• The camera focuses on the face framed by the double
border. The double border lights in green and the focus
is locked.
• When the camera is unable to focus on a face, the
double border blinks. Press the shutter-release button
halfway again and focus.
• Press the shutter-release button all the way down to shoot.
• If the shutter-release button is fully pressed down while
a
(Smile timer) is set, the
shutter releases automatically when the camera detects a smiling face (
A
36).
Shooting mode
Faces framed by a double
border
Number of faces to be
recognized
A
,
B
,
C
,
D
,
E
,
F
,
N
modes ( 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
a
( Smile timer )
The face closest to the center
of the frame
* The other faces are framed by
a single border.
Up to 3
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