Nikon COOLPIXS4000CS Manual De Usuario

Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode)

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Face Priority

When the camera is pointed at a human face, face recognition, which the camera
automatically recognizes that face and focus on it, starts. The face priority function
is activated in the following situations.
• AF area mode (A 55) is set to Face priority
• In Scene auto selector (A 60), Portrait (A 62), and Night portrait (A 63)

scene modes

• In smart portrait mode (A 72)

Frame a picture.

When the camera recognizes a face, that face is framed by
a yellow double border.

When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies, depending upon the
shooting mode, as follows.

The camera focuses on the face framed by the double border. To select another face for
focusing, tap a face framed by a single border. The border surrounding the selected face
will change to a double border.

Press the shutter-release button halfway.

The camera focuses on the face framed by the double
border. The double border will glow green once focus has
been locked.
When the camera is unable to focus, the double border
will blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway again
and focus.
Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down
to take a picture.
If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling in smart portrait
mode, the

Smile timer (

74) is activated and the shutter is automatically released

without the shutter-release button having been pressed.

Shooting mode

Faces framed by

double border

Number of faces that

can be recognized

A (auto) mode (face priority)

The face closest to the
camera
* Other faces framed by

single border.

Up to 12

Scene auto selector, Portrait,

Night portrait scene mode

Smart portrait mode

The face closest to the
center of the frame
* Other faces framed by

single border.

Up to 3

F3.2

1/250