Nikon S6200 Manuel D’Utilisation

Sh

ooting Feat

ures

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.

* For more information about face detection while using subject tracking mode, see “Subject 

• When using A (auto) mode, if you press the shutter-release button halfway 

while no faces are detected or while framing a shot with no faces in it, the 
camera selects the focus area (up to nine areas) containing the subject closest 
to the camera.

• When Scene auto selector is selected, the focus area changes depending on 

which scene the camera selects.

• If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway 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.

Shooting mode

Number of faces that 

can be detected

Focus area (double border)

When AF area mode (A 37) in 

A (auto) mode is set to Face 
priority.

Up to 12

The face closest to the camera

Scene auto selector, Portrait, 
Night portrait scene mode 
(A 39) is selected

Smart portrait mode (A 49)

Up to 3

The face closest to the center of 
the frame

7 6 0

7 6 0

2 9 m   0 s

2 9 m   0 s

B

• The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not the 

subject is facing the camera. Additionally, 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

• When the frame includes more than one face, the faces detected by the camera and the face on 

which the camera focuses depend upon a variety of factors, including the direction in which the 
faces are looking.

• In some rare cases, such as those described in “Autofocus” (

A 29), the subject may not be in 

focus even though the double border turns green. If the camera does not focus, change AF area 
mode to Manual or Center in A (auto) mode, and try focus lock shooting (

A 70) by focusing 

on another subject that is the same distance from the camera.