Canon ixus 240 HS User Manual page 117

IXUS 510 HS
• If faces are not detected, or when only gray frames are displayed
(without a white frame), an AF frame is displayed in the center of the
screen when you press the shutter button halfway.
IXUS 240 HS
• If faces are not detected, or when only gray frames are displayed
(without a white frame), up to nine green frames are displayed in the
areas in focus when you press the shutter button halfway.
• If faces are not detected when Servo AF (p. 118) is set to [On], the
AF frame is displayed in the center of the screen when you press the
shutter button halfway.
• Examples of faces that cannot be detected:
- Subjects that are distant or extremely close
- Subjects that are dark or light
- Faces in profile, at an angle, or partly hidden
• The camera may misinterpret non-human subjects as faces.
• No AF frames are displayed if the camera cannot focus when you
press the shutter button halfway.
Fixed Frame
One AF frame is displayed. Effective for reliable focusing.
• A yellow AF frame is displayed with
when you press the shutter button halfway. Note that AF-point
zooming (p. 79) is not possible.
To reduce the AF frame size, touch H, touch n, choose [AF Frame
•
Size] on the 4 tab, and then choose [Small] (p. 50).
• The AF frame size is set to [Normal] when you use the digital zoom (p. 61) or
digital tele-converter (p. 115).
Shooting Range and Focusing
Still Images
if the camera cannot focus
Movies
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