Subject Tracking Mode (Focusing on a Moving Subject)

Changing Subject Tracking Mode Settings

Features that can be set using the multi selector (A61): Flash mode (A62), exposure compensation (A66)

Features that can be set by pressing the d button: Options available in the subject tracking menu (A59).

Options Available in the Subject Tracking Menu

When using s subject tracking mode, the following settings can be changed.

Select subject tracking mode Md button

 

 

Subject tracking

 

 

 

 

 

Image mode

 

 

 

 

 

Autofocus mode

 

 

 

 

 

Face priority tracking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option

Description

A

Features

 

Allows you to select the combination of image size and

 

 

 

 

Image mode

image quality used when saving images (A69). If you

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change the image mode setting, the new setting is

 

 

 

 

 

applied to all shooting modes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set Autofocus mode (A40) used for subject tracking

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

When Full-time AF (default setting) is selected, once a

 

 

 

subject is registered for subject tracking, the camera

 

 

 

continuously focuses until the shutter-release button is

 

 

Autofocus mode

pressed halfway to lock the focus. The sound of the lens

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drive will be heard while the camera focuses.

 

 

 

Changes made to the autofocus mode setting in this

 

 

 

mode will not be applied to the autofocus mode setting

 

 

 

in A (auto) mode. The autofocus mode setting applied

 

 

 

in subject tracking mode is saved in the camera’s

 

 

 

memory even after the camera is turned off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When On is selected (default setting), if the camera

 

 

 

detects a person’s face, that person is automatically

 

 

 

registered as the subject to be tracked, and subject

 

 

Face priority tracking

tracking begins tracking that person.

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If a person whom you do not want to track is

 

 

 

automatically registered, or when shooting non-human

 

 

 

subjects, select Off if a person is in the frame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nikon S6300 manual Changing Subject Tracking Mode Settings, Options Available in the Subject Tracking Menu

S6300 specifications

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