Nikon S2600 manual Face Detection

Face Detection
When the camera is pointed at a human face in the
shooting modes as shown below, the camera
automatically detects the face and focuses on it. When
the camera detects more than one face, the double
border (focus area) is displayed around the face that is					8m 0s
focused on, and single borders around the others.			1 3 5 0
Shooting mode	Number of faces that			Focus area
	can be detected		(double border)
When AF area mode (A38) is set
to Face priority (E30) in A(auto)
mode	Up to 12	The face closest to the
Scene auto selector, Portrait		camera
(A40), or Night portrait (A41) in
scene mode (A39)
Smart portrait mode (A46)	Up to 3	The face closest to the
		center of the frame

•When using A (auto) mode, 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 the focus area (up to nine areas) containing the subject closest to the camera.

•When Scene auto selector is selected, the focus area changes depending on which scene the camera selects.

•If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway in Portrait or Night portrait scene mode or smart portrait mode, the camera will focus on the subject at the center of the frame.

Shooting Features

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