Canon EOS C200 Instruction Manual page 82

Adjusting the Focus
Using the Focus Assistance Functions
In order to focus more accurately, you can use the following focus assistance functions: Dual Pixel Focus Guide,
an onscreen guide that shows you if the picture is in focus; peaking, which creates a clearer contrast by
emphasizing the outlines of the subject; and magnification, which enlarges the image on the screen. You can use
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peaking and the focus guide or peaking and magnification simultaneously for greater effect.
Dual Pixel Focus Guide
The focus guide gives you an intuitive visual indication of the current focus distance and the direction and
amount of adjustment necessary to bring the picture into full focus. When used in combination with face
detection (A 87), the guide will focus on the vicinity of the eyes of the person detected as the main subject.
1 Press the FOCUS GUIDE button to display the focus guide.
• If you are not using the camera grip, you can alternatively set an assignable button to [Focus Guide]
(A 119).
• Alternatively, you can use the
focus guide on and off.
2 On the LCD screen
necessary.
• You can display a secondary focus frame using the
Guide 2nd Frame] setting. When both focus frames are displayed on the screen, you can press the joystick
to switch the focus guide between them.
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Supplied accessory for the C200; optional accessory for the C200B.
Focus farther
(large adjustment)
NOTES NOTES
• With subjects or in situations where autofocus may not work well (A 85), the focus guide may not work
correctly.
• The Dual Pixel Focus Guide function cannot be used in the following cases:
- While the focus is being adjusted automatically using one-shot AF, AF-Boosted MF or continuous AF.
- When the aperture value used is F11 or larger.
- When a manual focus lens is attached to the camera, except for compatible EF Cinema lenses (A 213).
FOCUS GUIDE button
> [A ! Assistance Functions] > [Focus Guide] setting to turn the
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, move the focus frame by touching the screen of the area to focus on, if
Focus farther In focus
(small adjustment)
> [A ! Assistance Functions] > [Focus
Focus closer Focus closer
(small adjustment) (large adjustment)
Cannot determine
adjustment