Nikon S3100 - Manual (Page 60)

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Changing A (Auto) Mode Settings (Shooting Menu)
More on
Sh
ooting
Face Detection
When the camera is pointed at a human face, face detection, with which the
camera automatically detects that face and focuses on it, starts. The face detection
function is activated in the following situations.
• AF area mode (A 46) is set to Face priority
• In Scene auto selector (A 53), Portrait (A 55) and Night portrait (A 56)
scene modes
• In smart portrait mode (A 66)
* For information about face detection when using subject tracking mode, see
“Focusing on a Moving Subject (Subject Tracking Mode)” (
A 69).
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 Faces framed by double border
Number of faces that
can be detected
A (auto) mode
(
Face priority)
The face closest to the camera
• Other faces framed by single
border.
Up to 12 Scene auto selector,
Portrait, Night portrait
scene mode
Smart portrait mode
The face closest to the center of
the frame
• Other faces framed by single
border.
Up to 3
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