Canon EOS 600D Instruction Manual page 46

Changing the Autofocus Mode
_ Focus the subject.
® Aim the AF point over the subject and
press the shutter button halfway.
_y,, T he Live View image will turn off, the
reflex mirror will go back down, and
AF will be executed.
_y,, W hen focus is achieved, the AF point
which achieved focus will turn green
and the Live View image will
reappear.
_y,, I f focus is not achieved, the AF point
will turn orange and blink.
,4_ Take the picture.
® Check the focus and exposure, then
press the shutter button completely to
take the picture (p.124).
You cannot tak e a picture during autofocusing. Take the picture While the
Live View image is disp!ayed.
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