Nikon S800c Face Detection, Focusing on Subjects, Focus area, Portrait and Night portrait scene

Shooting Features

Focusing on Subjects

Face Detection

When the camera is pointed at a human face
in the shooting modes listed 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	[ 930]
around the face that is focused on, and single
borders around the others.

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

Shooting mode	Number of faces that	Focus area
	can be detected	(double border)
G (easy auto) mode (A30)
A (auto) mode (A31)	Up to 12	The face closest to the
		camera
Portrait and Night portrait scene
modes (A32)
Smart portrait mode (A41)	Up to 3	The face closest to the
		center of the frame

•In G (easy auto) mode, the camera changes focus areas depending on the scene that it automatically selects (A57).

•In A (auto) mode, if no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera automatically selects one (or more) of the nine focus areas containing the subject closest to the camera.

•In Portrait and Night portrait scene modes or smart portrait mode, if no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.

•In subject tracking mode (A53), subject tracking begins when a detected face framed by a border is tapped.

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