C Focus Area That Can Be Set with Touch Shutter or Touch AF/AE

The focus area that can be set by tapping the monitor when using Touch shutter or Touch AF/AE varies depending on the shooting mode as described below.

Shooting mode

Available focus area

A (auto) mode (A38)

 

 

 

Scene auto selector, Sports, Party/

 

indoor, Beach, Snow, Close-up,Food,

Focus area can be changed onto the subject that is

Museum, Black and white copy,

tapped.1

Backlighting, and 3D photography scene

 

modes (A40)

 

 

 

Special effects mode (A52)

 

 

 

Portrait and Night portrait scene modes

Only a border displayed by face detection (A75)

(A40)

can be selected.1

Landscape, Sunset, Dusk/dawn, Night

The shutter can be released using Touch

shutter, but the focus area cannot be changed.

landscape, Fireworks show, and Easy

See “Characteristics of Each Scene” (A42).

panorama scene modes (A40)

• Touch AF/AE cannot be used.

 

 

 

Pet portrait scene mode (A40) (when

Only a border displayed by pet detection (A49) or

pet portrait auto release is set to Off2)

face detection can be selected.1

 

When a face is detected: Only a border displayed

Smart portrait mode (A54) (when smile

by face detection (A75) can be selected.1

timer is set to Off2)

When no face is detected: Focus area can be

 

changed onto the subject that is tapped.

 

 

1When the camera detects more than one face, tap a face framed by a single border to set the focus area on that face.

2When enabled, Touch shutter and Touch AF/AE are disabled.

E52

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Nikon S6400 manual E52, Scene auto selector, Sports, Party, Museum, Black and white copy