Nikon S6400 manual Using Face Detection, Scene auto selector A42 Portrait A42, or Night

Using Face Detection

In the following shooting modes, the camera uses face detection to automatically focus on human faces. If the camera detects more than one face, a double border is displayed around the face that the camera will focus on, and single borders are displayed around the other faces.

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Shooting mode	Number of faces that	Focus area (double border)
	can be detected
Scene auto selector (A42),
Portrait (A42), or Night	Up to 12	The face closest to the camera
portrait (A43) scene mode
Pet portrait scene mode (when	Up to 121	The face closest to the camera2
Pet portrait auto release is set to
Off) (A49)
Smart portrait mode (A54)	Up to 3	The face closest to the center of
		the frame

1If the camera detects both people and pets in the same shot, the camera can detect up to 12

faces.

2If the camera detects a human face and a pet face in the same shot, it focuses on the pet’s face.

•Tap a face framed by a single border to change the focus area to that face (except when smile timer (A68) is set to On).

•If the shutter button is pressed halfway when no faces are detected:

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

-In Portrait and Night portrait scene modes or in smart portrait mode, the camera will focus on the subject in the center of the frame.

-In Pet portrait scene mode, the camera focuses on a pet face if one is detected. If no pet faces are detected, the camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.

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