Nikon COOLPIX S8200 Reference Manual - Page 92

Using Face Detection Shooting Features When the following shooting modes or settings are selected, the camera uses face detection to automatically focus on human faces. If the camera detects more than one face, a double border is displayed around the face that the camera will focus on, 29m 0s and single borders are displayed around the other faces. 840 Shooting mode When AF area mode (A 37) in A (auto) mode or continuous shooting mode is set to Face priority Scene auto selector, Portrait, or Night portrait scene mode (A 39) is selected Smile timer, smile timer continuous (A 61) Number of faces that can be detected Up to 12 Up to 3 Focus area (double border) The face closest to the camera The face closest to the center of the frame • When using Face priority, if you press the shutter-release button halfway while no faces are detected or while framing a shot with no faces in it, the camera selects the focus area (up to nine areas) containing the subject closest to the camera. • When using scene auto selector, the focus area changes depending on which scene the camera selects. • If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway when using Portrait or Night portrait, the camera will focus on the subject in the center of the frame. B Notes About Face Detection • The camera's ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including the direction in which the faces are looking. Additionally, the camera may be unable to detect 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 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 rare cases, such as those described in "Autofocus" (A 29), the subject may not be in focus even though the double border turns green. Should this occur, change AF area mode to Manual or Center in A (auto) mode, and try focus lock shooting (A 78) by focusing on another subject that is the same distance from the camera. B Viewing Images That Were Captured Using Face Detection • During playback, the camera automatically rotates images according to the orientation of the faces that were detected at the time of shooting, except when viewing an image captured in a series. • When zooming in on an image displayed full-frame by rotating the zoom control to g (i), the image will be enlarged so that the face that was detected at the time of shooting is displayed in 76 the center of the monitor (A 31), except when viewing an image captured in a series.