Shooting In Manual Focus Mode - Canon PowerShot A530 Advanced User's Manual

3
Press and hold the shutter button halfway
and press the
The
monitor.
4
Re-aim the camera to compose the shot as
desired and shoot.
To Release the AF Lock
Press the button.
The AF lock cannot be used in the
and when
When shooting with the focus lock or AF lock using the LCD
monitor, setting
since the camera focuses using the center AF frame only.
The AF lock is convenient because you can let go of the
shutter button to compose the image. Moreover, the AF lock
is still effective after the picture is taken, allowing you to
capture a second image with the same focus.

Shooting in Manual Focus Mode

The focus can be manually set.
1
Turn on the LCD monitor.
2
Press the
The MF indicator is displayed.
When the
Point Zoom] is set to [On], the portion
of the image in the AF frame will
appear magnified*.
* The image will not appear magnified in
mode, when the digital zoom is
activated or when a TV is used as the
display.
* Can also be set so that the image displayed is not magnified
(p. 24).
button.
icon and the MF indicator will appear on the LCD
is set to
to [Off] (p. 24) makes shooting easier
button several times to display
(Rec.) menu's
and
.
MF indicator
[MF-
modes,
.
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