User manual NIKON COOLPIX S4000

[. . . ] DIGITAL CAMERA User's Manual En Trademark Information · Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. · Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Inc. · Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. · SD and SDHC Logos are trademarks of SD-3C, LLC. [. . . ] The camera can focus on the subject at the center of the frame when faces are not recognized. When the shutter is released, the camera softens the subject's skin to make it appear smoother and then records the image (Skin softening; A 74). 4 Shooting ends. To stop automatic shooting of smiling faces, either turn the camera off, set Smile timer to Off, or press the A button and select another shooting mode. 72 Shooting Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode) B Notes on Smart Portrait Mode · Digital zoom is not available. · Under some shooting conditions, the camera may be unable to recognize faces or detect smiles. · See "Notes on Face Priority" (A 57) for more information. B Notes on Skin Softening · More time than usual may be required to save a picture when shooting with skin softening function. · In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may not be smoothed or parts other than face may be modified though the camera recognizes a face. If the desired results are not produced, set Skin softening to Off and shoot again. · The skin softening level cannot be adjusted when the portrait or night portrait is selected in the scene mode. · Skin softening can also be applied on recorded pictures (A 112). More on Shooting C Auto Power Off in Smile Timer Mode When Smile timer is set to On, the auto power off function (A 149) 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 recognize any faces. · The camera recognized a face, but cannot detect a smile. C Functions Available in Smart Portrait Mode · The touch shutter (A 34) function can be enabled when Smile timer is set to Off. · The touch AF/AE (A 37) function can be enabled. · Flash cannot be used when Blink proof is set to On. When Blink proof is set to Off, flash mode (A 42) is set to U (auto) (can be modified). · The self timer (A 44) options can be applied when Smile timer is set to Off. · Tap F to display F (smart portrait) menu and adjust Image mode, Skin softening, Smile timer, Exposure comp. , and Blink proof (A 74). D More Information See "Autofocus" (A 31) for more information. 73 Shooting Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode) Smart Portrait Menu The following options can be applied in the smart portrait menu. Tap F (A 14) in smart portrait mode (A 72) to display the smart portrait menu and tap menu items to adjust settings. Image mode Adjust Image mode (A 48). Changes made to the image mode setting apply to all shooting modes (except movie recording). When the shutter is released, the camera detects one or more human faces (up to three), and processes the image to soften facial skin tones before saving the picture. The degree of skin softening applied can be selected from High, Normal (default setting), and Low. When Off is selected, the skin softening function is disabled. · The current setting can be confirmed by the indicator displayed in the monitor with shooting (A 11). No indicator is displayed when Off is selected. [. . . ] · The printer automatically selects the paper size. 152 24 24 69, 94, 137 Pictures to be printed are not displayed. Cannot select paper size with camera. 134, 135 ­ Technical Notes and Index 173 Specifications Nikon COOLPIX S4000 Digital Camera Type Effective pixels Image sensor Lens Focal length f/-number Construction Digital zoom Vibration reduction Autofocus (AF) Focus range (from lens) Focus-area selection Monitor Frame coverage (shooting mode) Frame coverage (playback mode) Storage Media File system File formats Compact digital camera 12. 0 million 1/2. 3-in. 12. 39 million 4× optical zoom, NIKKOR lens 4. 9-19. 6mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 27-108mm lens in 35mm [135] format) f/3. 2-5. 9 6 elements in 5 groups Up to 4× (angle of view equivalent to that of approx. 432mm lens in 35mm [135] format) Electronic VR Contrast-detect AF · Approx. 8 cm (3. 2 in. ) to (wide-angle position) Face priority, auto (9-area automatic selection), center, manual (focus area can be selected using the touch panel) 7. 5 cm/3-in. , approx. [. . . ]