Shooting Hard-To-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, Af Lock); Shooting With The Af Lock - Canon Digital IXUS-65 User Manual

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Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects
It may be difficult to focus on the following types of subjects.
Subjects with extremely low contrast to the surroundings
Scenes with a mixture of near and far subjects
Subjects with extremely bright objects at the center of the composition
Subjects that are moving quickly
Subjects through glass: Try to shoot as close to the glass as
possible to reduce the chances of light reflecting back off the glass.
Shooting with the Focus Lock
The focus lock can be used in any shooting mode.
1
Aim the camera so that an object at the
same focal distance as the main subject is
centered in the AF frame.
2
Press the shutter button halfway.
3
Re-aim the camera to compose the shot as
desired and press the shutter button fully.

Shooting with the AF Lock

The AF lock can be used in the
1
Aim the camera so that an object at the
same focal distance as the main subject is
centered in the AF frame.
2
Press the shutter button halfway and press
the
/
The
icon will display and the lower indicator will light yellow.
3
Re-aim the camera to compose the shot as
desired and shoot.
(Focus Lock, AF Lock)
button.
,
,
,
or
Shooting Mode
mode.
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