Nikon COOLPIX S6100 User Manual - Page 54

Selecting a Shooting Mode More on Shooting Face Detection In the following shooting modes, when the camera is pointed at a person's face, the camera detects the face and focuses on it. When more than one face is detected, the face that is focused on is framed by a double border indicating the active focus area, and faces outside of the active focus area are framed by a single border. 3 Shooting mode A (auto) mode (A 26) Scene auto selector, Portrait, Night portrait scene mode (A 59) Smart portrait mode (A 76) Number of faces that can be detected Focus area (double border) Up to 12 The face closest to the camera Up to 12 The face closest to the camera Up to 3 The face closest to the center of the frame • If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway in A (auto) mode, the camera automatically selects one or more of the nine focus areas containing the subject closest to the camera. • When using Scene auto selector, the focus area varies depending on the scene mode selected by the camera. • If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway in the Portrait and Night portrait scene modes or in smart portrait mode, the camera will focus on the subject at the center of the frame. • Tap the face framed by a single border to change the focus area to that face (A 47, 52) • When using subject tracking (A 50), tap a face that was detected by the camera and framed by a border to begin tracking that face B Notes on the Face Detection Function • The camera may be unable to detect faces in the following situations: - When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or other obstructions - When faces take up too much or too little of the frame • When the frame includes more than one face, the faces detected by the camera and the face on which the camera focuses depend upon a variety of factors, including the direction in which the faces are looking. • In some cases, including those noted in "Autofocus" (A 31), autofocus may not perform as expected, and the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the double border glows green. Should this occur, refocus on another subject positioned at the same distance from the 42 camera as the actual portrait subject (A 54).