Magnifying The Area In Focus - Canon PowerShot ELPH 180 User Manual

• Focusing may not be possible in some shooting conditions.
• In low-light conditions, Servo AF may not be activated (AF frames
may not turn blue) when you press the shutter button halfway. In this
case, the focus and exposure are set according to the specified AF
frame mode.
•
If optimum exposure cannot be obtained, the shutter speed and
aperture value are displayed in orange. Release the shutter button,
and then press it halfway again.
• [AF-Point Zoom] on the [ ] tab (=
• Not available when using the self-timer
22) is not available.
(= 31).

Magnifying the Area in Focus

You can check the focus by pressing the shutter button halfway, which will
enlarge the portion of the image in focus in the AF frame.
1
Configure the setting.
z z
Press the [
[AF-Point Zoom] on the [
then choose [On]
2
Check the focus.
z z In [Face AiAF] AF mode, the face
detected as the main subject is magnified
when the shutter button is pressed
halfway. In [Center] AF mode, the AF
frame in the center is magnified.
•
The area in focus is not magnified in the following cases when the shutter
button is pressed halfway.
- [Face AiAF]: When a face was not detected, or when the person is too close
to the camera and their face is too large for the screen
- [Center]: When the camera cannot focus on the subject
- [Tracking AF]: Not magnified in this mode
- When digital zoom is used (=
Still Images
] button, choose
] tab, and
(= 22).
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