Nikon COOLPIX S8200 Reference Manual page 19

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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,
and single borders are displayed around the other faces.
"'_ _"_ Number of faces that Focus area
Shooting mode Can be detected (double border)
When AF area mode (_ 37) in I_1
(auto) mode or continuous shooting
The face closest to the
mode is set to Face priority Up to 12
camera
Scene auto selector, Portrait, or Night
portrait scene mode ([_ 39) is selected
Smile timer, smile timer continuous The face closest to the
([_] 61) Upto3 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
tile focus area (up to nine areas) containing tile subject closest to tile camera.
• When using scene auto selector, tile focus area changes depending on which
scene tile camera selects.
• If no faces are detected when tile shutter-release button is pressed halfway
when using Portrait or Night portrait, tile camera will focus on tile subject in
tile center of the frame.
_,4 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" (_ 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 I_1 (auto) mode, and try focus lock shooting (_ 78) by focusing on another
subiect that is the same distance from the camera.
_1_ 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 captu red in a series,
• When zooming in on an image displayed full frame by rotating the zoom control to T (¢{), the
image will be enlarged so that the face that was detected at the time of shooting is displayed in
the center of the monitor (_ 31), except when viewing an image captured in a series,