Nikon COOLPIX L820 Reference Manual page 88

Using Face Detection
In the following shooting modes, the camera uses face
detection to automatically focus on people's faces.
If the camera detects more than one face, a double border is
displayed around the face that the camera focuses on, and
single borders are displayed around the other faces.
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Number of facesthat
Shooting mode can be detected
Portrait and Night portrait in
I_1 (easy auto) mode (_ 36)
Portrait (_ 38) and Night portrait
(_ 39)in scene mode
Upto 12
The face closest to the camera
Pet portrait (when Pet portrait
auto release is set to OFF; _ 44) in Upto 121 The face closest to the camera 2
scene mode
Smart portrait mode (_ 49) Up to 3
The face closest to the center of
the frame
1 if the camera detects both people and pets in the same shot, the camera can detect up to 12
faces.
2 if the camera detects a person's face and a pet's face in the same shot, it focuses on the pet's face.
• If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera
focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.
• You may hear the sound of the camera focusing.
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