Shooting Hard-To-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, Af Lock, Manual Focus, Safety Mf); Shooting With The Af Lock - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS User Manual

Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects
(Focus Lock, AF Lock, Manual Focus, Safety MF)
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
Shooting with the Focus Lock
1
Aim the camera so that an object at the same
focal distance as the main subject is centered
in the AF frame displayed on the LCD monitor
(or the viewfinder).
2
Keep the shutter button pressed halfway while
you recompose the image.
3
Press the shutter button fully to shoot the
image.

Shooting with the AF Lock

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 and hold the shutter button halfway and
press the MF button.
• and the MF Indicator will be displayed to confirm the
distance from the subject.
Available Shooting Modes
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