The Shooting Menu (for A(Auto) Mode)

AF Area Mode

Select A(auto) mode Mdbutton MAtab MAF area mode

Use this option to determine how the camera selects the focus area for autofocus.

Option

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the camera detects a human

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

face, it focuses on that face. See “Using

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face Detection” (A 67) for more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If more than one face is detected, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aFace priority

camera focuses on the face closest to

 

 

 

 

29m 0s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the camera.

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(default setting)

 

 

When taking pictures of subjects other

Focus area

 

 

than people, or framing a subject with

 

which no face is detected, the AF area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode setting switches to Auto, and the camera will automatically

 

select the focus area (up to nine areas) containing the subject closest

 

to the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The camera has nine focus areas, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

automatically selects the focus areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

containing the subject closest to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wAuto

Press the shutter-release button

 

 

 

 

29m 0s

 

halfway to activate the focus area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the shutter-release button is

760

 

 

pressed halfway, the focus areas that

 

Focus areas

 

 

are in focus (up to nine areas) selected

 

 

by the camera will be displayed in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

monitor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select one of 99 focus areas in the

Selectable focus area

 

monitor. This option is suited to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

situations in which the intended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

subject is relatively still and not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

positioned in the center of the frame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

xManual

Rotate the multi selector, or press H,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I, J, or K to move the focus area to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

where the subject is, and take a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To cancel focus area selection and

 

Focus area

 

adjust flash, macro mode, self-timer,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and exposure compensation settings, press the kbutton. To return

 

to the focus area selection screen, press the kbutton again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference Section

E35

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Nikon COOLPIXS6200RED, COOLPIXS6200BK, 26277 manual AF Area Mode, E35