Nikon COOLPIX S8000 S8000 User's Manual - Page 64

More on Shooting Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode) B Notes on Face Priority • If the camera is unable to recognize any faces when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway with AF area mode set to Face priority, the AF area mode setting automatically switches to Auto. • If no faces are recognized when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway in Portrait or Night portrait scene mode or smart portrait mode, the camera will focus on the subject at the center of the frame. • The camera may be unable to recognize faces in the following situations: - When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or otherwise obstructed - When faces take up too much or too little of the frame • When the frame includes more than one face, the faces recognized 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 rare cases, the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the double border turns green (A 27). Should this occur, switch to A (auto) mode and set AF area mode 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 (A 50). • When pictures in which a face was recognized during shooting are displayed in full-frame playback mode or thumbnail playback mode, depending upon the orientation of the recognized face, the pictures may be automatically rotated for playback display except pictures taken with Continuous, BSS, Multi-shot 16, and Sport continuous (A 47). I Autofocus Mode A (auto) M d (Shooting menu) M I Autofocus mode Choose how the camera focuses. A Single AF (default setting) The camera focuses when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. B Full-time AF The camera focuses continuously until the shutter-release button is pressed down halfway. Use with moving subjects. The sound of lens drive movement will be heard while the camera focuses. B Note on Autofocus Mode There may be functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See "Camera Settings that Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously" (A 53) for more information. B Note on the Autofocus Mode Setting for Subject Tracking Mode Autofocus mode can be set for subject tracking mode. The default setting in subject tracking mode is Full-time AF. Autofocus mode can be set independently for both subject tracking mode and A (auto) mode. D Autofocus mode for Movie Recording Autofocus mode for movie recording can be set with Autofocus mode (A 108) in the movie 52 menu (A 106).