Nikon S9100 - Manual (Page 68)

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Changing A (Auto) Mode Settings (Shooting Menu)
More on
Sh
ooting
Face Detection
When the camera is pointed at the face of a person, the camera detects the face and
focuses on it. The face detection function is activated in the following situations.
• When AF area mode is set to Face priority in A (auto) mode or continuous
shooting mode ( A 53)
• When the following scene modes are selected:
- Scene auto selector (
A 62)
-
S (night portrait) (A 65)
- Portrait (
A 67)
• When smile timer is selected ( A 37)
1
Frame a picture.
When the camera detects a face, that face is framed by a
yellow double border.
When the camera detects more than one face, operation varies as follows depending
upon the shooting mode.
Shooting mode Face framed by double border
Number of faces
that can be detected
A (auto) mode or
continuous shooting
mode (Face priority)
The face closest to the camera
• Other faces framed by single
border.
Up to 12
Scene auto selector,
S (night portrait), and
Portrait scene modes
Smile timer
The face closest to the center of
the frame
• Other faces framed by single
border.
Up to 3
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