Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

G AF Area Mode

Use this option to determine where the camera focuses. When digital zoom is in effect, focus will be on the center of the screen regardless of the settings used.

zFace priority (default setting)

When the camera recognizes a face (front view), the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera will focus on that face. See “Face Priority”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A 91) for more information. If more than one face is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recognized, focus will be on the face closest to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When shooting non-human subjects or when no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

faces are recognized, AF area mode will switch to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Auto, and the camera will automatically select the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focus area (one of nine) containing the subject

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

closest to the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wAuto

Camera automatically selects the focus area (one of nine) containing the subject closest to the camera. Press the shutter-release button halfway to activate the focus area. When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the focus area selected by the camera will be displayed in the monitor.

xManual

This option is suited to situations in which the intended subject is relatively still and not positioned in the center of the frame.

Press the multi selector H, I, Jor Kto select from 99 focus areas in the frame. Pictures can be taken while focus-area selection screen is displayed.

To end focus-area selection and adjust the flash,

macro, self-timer and exposure compensation settings, press k. To return to the focus-area selection screen, press k again.

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Available AF areas

AF area

Selectable area

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Nikon COOLPIXS210P manual AF Area Mode, Face priority default setting, Camera When shooting non-human subjects or when no