Face Detection - Nikon COOLPIX S4200 Reference Manual

Face Detection

In the following shooting modes, 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, and single borders are displayed around the other
faces.
Shooting mode
A (auto) mode (A38)
Scene auto selector, Portrait,
Night portrait scene mode (A41)
Smart portrait mode (A51)
• In A (auto) mode, if no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is
pressed halfway, the camera automatically selects one (or more) of the nine
focus areas containing the subject closest to the camera.
• In Scene auto selector scene mode, the focus area changes depending on the
selected scene.
• In Portrait and Night portrait scene modes or smart portrait mode, if no faces
are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera
will focus on the subject at the center of the frame.
• Tap a face framed by a single border to change the focus area to that face
(A39).
• In subject tracking mode, subject tracking begins when a detected face framed
by a border is tapped (A39).
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Number of faces that
can be detected
Up to 12
Up to 3
8 8
Focus area
(double border)
The face closest to the
camera
The face closest to the
center of the frame
0 0
50 50 50