Using Subject Tracking; Take The Picture - Nikon COOLPIX S9400 Reference Manual

The Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode)

Using Subject Tracking

Display the shooting screen in
icon (A6) M AF area mode
Choose 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.
1
Rotate the multi selector to select
s Subject tracking, and press the k
button.
• Press the d button after changing the settings and
return to the shooting screen.
2
Frame the subject at the center of the border,
and press the k button.
• The subject is registered.
• When the camera is unable to focus on the subject, the
border lights in red. Change the composition and try
again.
• Once the subject is registered, it is framed by a yellow
focus area display, and subject tracking begins.
• Press the k button to cancel the registration of the
subject.
• If the camera loses sight of the subject, the focus area
display disappears; register the subject again.
3
Press the shutter-release button all the way to

take the picture.

• If the camera focuses on the focus area when the
shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the focus
area display lights in green and the focus is locked.
• If the shutter-release button is pressed halfway while
the focus area is not displayed, the camera focuses on
the subject at the center of the frame.
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A
(Auto) mode (A31) M d button M
A
menu
AF area mode
Face priority
Manual
Center
Subject tracking
Target finding AF
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