Nikon Coolpix S640 Users Manual

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Shooting in Scene Mode
Shooting Suited for the Scene
Taking Pictures for a Panorama
The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. Use a tripod for best 
results.
Set Vibration reduction (A125) in the setup menu (A116) to Off when 
using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting.
1Display the shooting-mode 
selection menu by pressing the A 
button in shooting mode, and use 
the rotary multi selector to choose 
pPanorama assist (A37).
•The I icon is displayed to show the 
direction in which pictures will be joined.
2Use the rotary multi selector to choose the 
direction and press the k button.
•Decide how pictures will be joined together in the 
completed panorama; right (I), left (J), up (K) or 
down (L).
•The yellow panorama direction icon (II) will move to 
the direction pressed and press the k button to 
choose the direction. A white panorama direction icon (I) will be displayed in the 
chosen direction.
•Apply flash mode (A32), self-timer (A34), macro mode (A35) and exposure 
compensation (A36) settings with this step, if necessary.
•Press the k button again to choose a different direction.
3Take the first picture.
•The picture taken will be displayed in 1/3 of 
the monitor.
Panorama assist
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Shooting in Scene Mode
Shooting Suited for the Scene
4Shoot the second picture.
•Compose the next picture so that it overlaps 
the first picture.
•Repeat until you have taken the necessary 
number of pictures to complete the image.
5Press the k button when shooting is 
complete.
•The camera returns to step 2.
BPanorama Assist
•Set flash mode, self-timer, macro mode and exposure compensation before taking the first picture. 
They cannot be changed after the first picture is taken. Pictures cannot be deleted, nor can zoom 
or Image mode setting (A96) be adjusted after the first picture is taken.
•The panorama series is terminated if the camera enters standby mode with the auto off function 
(A128) during shooting. Increasing the time allowed to elapse before the auto off function is 
enabled is recommended.
DR (exposure lock) Indicator
When using panorama assist mode, all pictures in the panorama 
have the same exposure, white balance, and focus as the first 
picture of the panorama.
When the first picture is shot, R is displayed to indicate that 
exposure, white balance, and focus are locked.
DPanorama Maker
Install Panorama Maker from the supplied Software Suite CD.
Transfer pictures to a computer (A80) and use Panorama Maker (A83) to join them in a single 
panorama.
DMore Information
See “File and Folder Names” (A139) for more information.
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Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
Using Smart Portrait Mode
At the default setting, the camera detects smiling faces using face priority and 
releases the shutter automatically (smile timer function). The skin softening 
function makes a human subject’s skin appear smoother.
1Display the shooting-mode 
selection menu by pressing the A 
button in shooting mode, use the 
rotary multi selector to choose F, 
and then press the k button.
•Smart portrait mode is selected.
2Frame the picture.
•Point the camera at the subject.
•When the camera detects a face, the focus area 
containing the face will be displayed with a yellow 
double border, and when focus is locked the double 
border will turn green for a moment.
•Up to three faces can be detected. When more than 
one face is detected, the face closest to the center of the frame is framed by a double 
border and the others by single borders.
3The shutter is automatically released.
•If the camera detects that the face framed by the double border is smiling, the Smile 
timer function (A53) automatically releases the shutter.
•When the camera detects a face, the self-timer lamp (A4) blinks. Immediately after 
the shutter is released, the self-timer lamp flickers. Each time the shutter is released, 
the camera repeats automatic shooting by face priority and smile detection.
•The shutter can also be released by pressing the shutter-release button. If no face is 
detected, the camera focuses on the subject in center of frame.
•When the shutter is released, the camera makes the subject’s skin appear smoother, 
then records the image (Skin softening (A52)).
4Finish shooting.
•To finish 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.
Smart portrait
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Using Smart Portrait Mode
Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
CFace Priority and Smiling Face Detection Features
•Under some shooting conditions, faces and smiling faces may not be detected properly.
•See “Notes on Face Priority” (A107) for more information about face priority.
CAuto Power Off When Using Smile Timer (Standby Mode)
When Smile timer is set to On, the auto off function (A128) will turn the camera off in the 
following situations if no operations are performed.
•The camera is unable to detect any face.
•The camera has detected one or more faces, but is unable to detect a smiling face.
CFunctions Available in Smart Portrait Mode
•Flash mode is disabled when Blink proof is set to On. Flash mode (A32) will be changed to 
U (auto) when Blink proof is set to Off (other settings can be selected).
•Exposure compensation (A36) can be adjusted.
•If Smile timer and Blink proof are both set to Off, self-timer (A34) can be set.
•Macro mode cannot be used.
•Digital zoom is not available.
•Press the d button to display the F (smart portrait) menu and change the settings for Image 
mode, Skin softening, Smile timer, or Blink proof.
DMore Information
See “Autofocus” (A29) for more information.
Smart Portrait Menu
The smart portrait menu contains the following options.
Press the d button in smart portrait mode to display the smart portrait menu 
and use the rotary multi selector to modify and apply settings.
Image mode
Allows you to set Image mode (A96).
Changes made to the image mode setting apply to all shooting modes (except 
movie mode).
Skin softening
Set skin softening. When the shutter is released, the camera detects up to 3 faces and 
processes the image to make the faces appear smoother, then records the image. 
The effect of this feature can be set to High, Normal (default setting), and Low. 
When Off is selected, skin softening is turned off.
•When skin softening is enabled, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the 
monitor during shooting (A6). When Off is selected, an icon for the current 
setting is not displayed. Additionally, the effects of the current skin softening 
setting cannot be previewed in the monitor while shooting. To confirm, view the 
pictures after shooting.
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Using Smart Portrait Mode
Taking Pictures of Smiling Faces (Smart Portrait Mode)
BNotes on Skin Softening
•When taking pictures with skin softening, the time required to save the pictures increases slightly.
•Depending on shooting conditions, even if the camera detects a face on the monitor at the time 
of shooting, effects of the skin softening function may not be visible, and areas other than the face 
may be processed. If the desired effect is not achieved, set Skin softening to Off and shoot again.
•The amount of skin softening effect that is applied cannot be set while using the portrait or night 
portrait scene modes.
•Skin softening can also be applied to pictures after they have been taken (A73).
Smile timer
•On (default setting): Among the detected faces, if a smile is detected in the face 
that is framed by a double border, the camera automatically releases the shutter.
•Off: The camera does not release the shutter automatically using smile timer; the 
shutter is only released when the shutter-release button is pressed.
•When smile timer is enabled, the current setting is displayed during shooting 
(A6). When Off is selected, an icon for the current setting is not displayed.
Blink proof
When set to On, the shutter is released two times 
each time a picture is taken; the camera chooses one 
image in which the subjects’ eyes are open, and 
saves it.
•The message on the right will be displayed for a 
few seconds when the camera records an image in 
which someone may have been blinking.
•When set to On, the flash cannot be used.
•The default setting is Off.
•When blink proof is enabled, the current setting is displayed during shooting 
(A6). When Off is selected, an icon for the current setting is not displayed.
A blink was detected in the
picture just taken.
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Focusing on a Moving Subject in Subject Tracking Mode
Focusing on a Moving Subject in Subject Tracking Mode
Subject Tracking Mode
Use this mode to shoot moving subjects. Subject tracking begins once you select 
a subject to be focused on, and the focus area will move and follow the subject. At 
the default setting, once the camera detects a person’s face it will automatically 
begin tracking that person (face priority tracking).
1Display the shooting-mode 
selection menu by pressing the A 
button in shooting mode, use the 
rotary multi selector to choose s, 
and then press the k button.
•The camera enters subject tracking mode, 
and a single border is displayed in the 
center of the frame.
•The flash mode (A32) is set to W (off) (the setting can be changed).
2Select a subject.
•Frame the subject in the center of the single border, 
and press the k button.
- The subject is registered.
- When the camera is unable to focus on the subject, 
the single border will glow red. Change the 
composition and try again.
•Once the subject is selected, it is framed by a yellow 
double border, and subject tracking begins.
•If the camera detects a face, that face is automatically 
registered as the subject to be tracked, and subject 
tracking begins (A56).
•To change subjects, press the k button to cancel the 
currently selected subject, then select a new subject.
•If the camera loses sight of the subject, the double border disappears; register the 
subject again.
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Subject Tracking Mode
Focusing on a Moving Subject in Subject Tracking Mode
3Press the shutter-release button to take the 
picture.
•If the camera focuses on the focus area framed by the 
double border when the shutter-release button is 
pressed halfway, the double border turns green and 
the focus is locked.
•If the camera is unable to focus, the double border will 
blink. Press the shutter-release button halfway again to focus.
•If the shutter-release button is pressed halfway while the double border is not 
displayed, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
•Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to take the picture.
BSubject Tracking Mode
•Set the zoom position, flash mode, exposure compensation, and menu before registering a 
subject. If any of these are changed after a subject is registered, the subject will be canceled.
•During certain conditions, such as when the subject is moving quickly, when there is a large 
amount of camera shake, or when there are multiple subjects that look alike, the camera may not 
be able to register or track a subject, or the camera may track a different subject. Additionally, the 
subject may not be tracked properly depending on factors such as the subject's size and 
brightness.
•In some rare cases shooting subjects with which autofocus may not perform as expected (A29), 
the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the double border glows green. Should this 
occur, switch to auto mode and set AF area mode (A104) to Manual or Center, refocus on 
another subject positioned at the same distance from the camera as the actual portrait subject, 
and use focus lock (A105).
CUsable Functions in Subject Tracking Mode
•Digital zoom is not available.
•Flash mode (A32) and exposure compensation (A36) settings can be adjusted.
•Self-timer (A34) and macro mode (A35) cannot be used.
•Press the d button to display the s (subject tracking) menu and change the settings for 
Image mode, Autofocus mode, or Face priority tracking (A56).
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Subject Tracking Mode
Focusing on a Moving Subject in Subject Tracking Mode
Subject Tracking Menu
The subject tracking menu contains the following options.
Press the d button in subject tracking mode to display the subject tracking 
menu and use the rotary multi selector to modify and apply settings.
BNotes on Face Priority Tracking
•Only one subject can be tracked. If the camera detects multiple faces at the same time, the face 
nearest the center of the frame is tracked.
•Depending on shooting conditions, such as whether or not the subject is facing the camera, faces 
may not be detected properly. ➝ Notes on Face Priority (A107)
•When the subject you want to focus on cannot be tracked, press the k button to track again, or 
set Face priority tracking to Off, frame the picture so that the subject is inside the single border 
in the center of the frame, and press the k button to register the subject again.
Image mode
Allows you to set Image mode (A96).
Changes made to the image mode setting apply to all shooting modes (except 
movie mode).
Autofocus mode
Allows you to set the Autofocus mode (A108) used for subject tracking mode 
(the default setting is Full-time AF).
When using subject tracking mode while set to Full-time AF, the camera 
continuously focuses once a subject is selected for subject tracking until the 
shutter-release button is pressed halfway to lock the focus. The sound of the camera 
focusing will be heard.
Changes made to the autofocus mode setting in this mode will not be applied to 
the autofocus mode setting in the auto shooting mode. The autofocus mode 
setting applied in subject tracking mode is stored in the camera’s memory even 
after the camera is turned off.
Face priority tracking
When On is selected (default setting), if the camera detects a subject’s skin, that 
subject is automatically registered as the subject to be tracked, and subject tracking 
begins tracking that subject.
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More on Playback/In-Camera Editing
More on Playback/In-Camera Editing
Viewing Multiple Pictures: Thumbnail Playback
Rotate the zoom control to f (h) in full-frame 
playback mode (A30) to display pictures as 
thumbnail images in thumbnail playback mode. 
The following operations can be performed in 
thumbnail playback. 
ToUseDescriptionA
Choose picturesRotate the rotary multi selector, or press H, 
I, J or K to choose pictures.10
Increase the number 
of thumbnails 
displayed/Calendar 
displayf (h)Rotate the zoom control towards the f (h) 
direction to increase the number of 
thumbnails from 4 ➝ 9 ➝16 ➝ Calendar 
display.
In Calendar display, move and choose the 
image according to the date (A59).
Rotate towards the g (i) direction to return to 
thumbnail display.–
Decrease number of 
picture thumbnails 
displayedg (i)Rotate the zoom control towards the g (i) 
direction to decrease the number of 
thumbnails from 16 ➝ 9 ➝ 4.
Rotate towards g (i) again during 4 
thumbnails display to return to full frame 
playback.
Return to full-frame 
playbackkPress the k button. 30
Switch to shooting 
modeA
Press the A button or the shutter-release 
button.30
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Viewing Multiple Pictures: Thumbnail Playback
More on Playback/In-Camera Editing
CIcons on the Thumbnails
When pictures that are marked for Print set 
(A92) or Protect (A113) are selected in 
thumbnail playback mode, the icons shown at 
the right are displayed with them.
Movies are displayed as film frames.
CThumbnail Display in Auto Sort
When thumbnails are displayed in the auto sort mode (A64), the 
icon representing the type of the pictures being played back will 
appear at the top right corner of the screen.
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Film frames Print-set icon
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