Nikon COOLPIXS4100BLK Manuel D’Utilisation

Step 3 Focus and Shoot

Bas

ic Ph

otography an

d Pl

ayba

: A
(Auto)

During Recording

While pictures are being recorded, the number of exposures remaining will blink. Do not open the
battery-chamber/memory card slot cover

while pictures are being recorded. Cutting power or

removing the memory card in these circumstances could result in loss of data or in damage to the
camera or card.

Autofocus

Autofocus may not perform as expected in the following situations. In some rare cases, the subject
may not be in focus despite the fact that the focus area or the focus indicator glows green.

• Subject is very dark
• Objects of sharply differing brightness are included in the scene (e.g. the sun behind the subject

makes that subject appear very dark)

• No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. a portrait subject, wearing a white shirt, is

standing in front of a white wall)

• Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g. the subject is inside a cage)
• Regular geometric patterns (e.g. window blind or windows in a skyscraper)
• Subject is moving rapidly
In the situations noted above, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway to refocus several
times, or focus on another subject (

A 52). When focusing on another subject, be sure that the

alternate subject is at the same distance from the camera as the intended subject while the shutter-
release button is pressed halfway.

When the Subject Is Close to the Camera

If the camera cannot focus, try shooting with macro mode (

A 38) or in the

Close-up scene mode

(

A 67).

Note on Face Detection

See “Notes on the Face Detection Function” (

A 41) for more information.

Touch Shutter