Nixon Nikon L830 Reference Manual

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• When Autofocus mode in the movie menu is set to Single AF, the focus area is not displayed 

even if a face is detected.

• The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including the direction in 

which the faces are looking.

• The camera may be unable to detect faces in the following situations:

- When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or otherwise obstructed
- When faces take up too much or too little of the frame

C

When AF area mode (

A 69) in the movie menu is set to Face priority, focus priority is set on 

faces when recording movies.

When the shutter is released while using one of the shooting modes listed below, the camera 
detects human faces and processes the image to soften facial skin tones (up to three faces).
• Smart portrait mode (A 40)

• Portrait or Night portrait in G (easy auto) mode (A 31)

• Portrait or Night portrait in scene mode (A 32)
Skin softening can also be applied to saved images (

B

• It may take more time than usual to save images after shooting.
• Under some shooting conditions, the desired skin softening results may not be achieved, and skin 

softening may be applied to areas of the image where there are no faces.