Nikon Nikon COOLPIX, COOLPIXP100 user manual Shooting with Face Priority

Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A, B, C, D Modes)

yCenter

Camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.

Center focus area is always used.

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Focus area

DMore Information

•See “Autofocus” (A31) for more information.

•See “Functions that Cannot be Applied Simultaneously” (A96) for more information.

Shooting with Face Priority

The camera automatically detects and focuses on a face.

The face priority function will be enabled for the following situations.

•Face priority is selected for AF area mode (A90)

•When Portrait (A46) or Night portrait (A47) is chosen for scene mode

•When scene auto selector mode (A43) is chosen

•When smart portrait mode (A55) is chosen

1 Frame the picture.

• When the camera detects a face, that face will be framed by a yellow double border.

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More on Shooting

•When the camera detects more than one face, depending upon the shooting mode, the operation varies as follows.

Shooting mode	Faces framed by a double	Number of faces to be
	border	recognized
A, B, C, D, M modes
(Face priority)	The face closest to the camera
Portrait or Night portrait	* The other faces are framed by	Up to 12
scene modes	a single border.
Scene Auto Selector mode
	The face closest to the center
Smart portrait mode	of the frame	Up to 3
	* The other faces are framed by
	a single border.

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