Nikon s9050 User Guide

Taking Pictures with the Smile Timer

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B

• 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 57) for more information.

• This function cannot be used simultaneously with certain functions. See “Camera Settings that 

A 87) for more information.

C

When using the smile timer function, the auto off function (

A 181) 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.

C

When using smile timer, the self-timer lamp blinks slowly when the camera detects a face, and blinks 
quickly immediately after the shutter is released.

C

Pictures can also be taken by pressing the shutter-release button. The camera focuses on the subject 
at the center of the frame when faces are not detected.

D

See “Autofocus” (

A 29) for more information.