Nikon CoolPix S80, User Manual

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Shooting Suited to Scenes (Scene Mode)
More on
Sh
ooting
Use of a tripod is recommended in scene modes with which
O
is indicated. Set Vibration
reduction (
A
153) to Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera.
e
Night portrait
O
Use this mode for portraits taken at sunset or at night. The flash
fires to light the portrait subject while preserving background
lighting to achieve a natural balance between the main subject
and background ambience.
• When the camera detects a human face, that face will be
framed by a yellow double border (focus area). See “Face
Detection” (
A
49) for more information.
• If more than one face is detected, the face nearest to the camera will be framed by a
yellow double border (focus area) and the other faces will be framed by a single border.
Tap the face framed by a single border to change the focus area to that face (
A
41, 44).
• The camera smoothes skin tones (in up to three faces) by applying the skin softening
function before recording pictures (
A
73).
• If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera
focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
• Digital zoom is not available.
• The flash mode setting is fixed at fill flash with slow sync with red-eye reduction.
• Use the scene effect adjustment slider (
A
63) to adjust picture brightness.
f
Party/indoor
Captures the effects of candlelight and other indoor
background lighting.
• Camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
The area focused can be changed by the touch shutter
(
A
41) or touch AF/AE (
A
44).
• The default setting for flash mode is
b
Auto with red-eye
reduction . The flash mode setting may automatically switch
to slow sync with red-eye reduction.
• As pictures are easily affected by camera shake, hold the camera steadily. In dark
surroundings, the use of a tripod is recommended. Set
Vibration reduction (
A
153) to
Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera.
Z
Beach
Captures the brightness of such subjects as beaches or sunlit
expanses of water.
• Camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
The area focused can be changed by the touch shutter
(
A
41) or touch AF/AE (
A
44).
• Use the scene effect adjustment slider (
A
63) to adjust
picture brightness.