Magnifying The Area In Focus; Helpful Shooting Features - Canon POWERSHOT SX160 IS User Manual

Helpful Shooting Features
You can check the focus by pressing the shutter button halfway, which will
enlarge the portion of the image in focus in the AF frame.
Configure the setting.
Press the
<MENU>
button, choose
[AF-Point Zoom] on the [O] tab, and
then choose [On] (_38).
Check the focus.
Press the shutter button halfway. The
face detected as the main subject is now
magnified.
To restore the original setting, choose
[Off] in step 1.
(_) The area in focus will not be magnified when you press the shutter
button halfway if a face was not detected, if the person is too close
to the camera and their face is too large for the screen, or if the
camera detects subject movement.
The display will not magnify when using the digital zoom ([[_49) or
Tracking AF (_94).
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