Nikon P900 Manuel D’Utilisation

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In the following settings, the camera uses face 
detection to automatically focus on human 
faces.
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s (night portrait), Scene auto selector or 
Portrait scene mode (

• a (smile timer) (

• When AF area mode (

A52) is set to Face 

If the camera detects more than one face, a double border is displayed around 
the face that the camera focuses on, and single borders are displayed around 
the other faces.

If the shutter-release button is pressed halfway when no faces are detected:
• When Scene auto selector is selected, the focus area changes depending 

on the scene.

• In 

s (night portrait) and

 Portrait

, the camera focuses on the area in the 

center of the frame.

• When a (smile timer) is selected, the camera focuses on the subject in the 

center of the frame.

• When AF area mode is set to Face priority, the camera selects the focus 

area containing the subject closest to the camera.

B

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

direction in which the faces are looking.

• The camera cannot 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

During playback, the camera automatically rotates images according to the 
orientation of the faces that were detected at the time of shooting (except for 
images captured using Continuous (

A52) or Exposure bracketing (A52)).

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