Common, Convenient Features; On-Screen Frames; Zooming In Closer On Subjects (Digital Zoom) - Canon PowerShot SX700 HS User Manual

On-Screen Frames

In [ ] mode, a variety of frames are displayed once the camera detects
subjects you are aiming the camera at.
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A white frame is displayed around the subject (or person's face)
determined by the camera to be the main subject, and gray frames are
displayed around other detected faces. Frames follow moving subjects
within a certain range to keep them in focus.
However, if the camera detects subject movement, only the white frame
will remain on the screen.
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When you are pressing the shutter button halfway and the camera
detects subject movement, a blue frame is displayed, and the focus and
image brightness are constantly adjusted (Servo AF).
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Try shooting in [G] mode (=
frames are not displayed around desired subjects, or if frames are
displayed on the background or similar areas.
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Common, Convenient Features

Zooming In Closer on Subjects (Digital Zoom)

When distant subjects are too far away to enlarge using the optical zoom,
use digital zoom for up to about 120x enlargement.
1
Move the zoom lever toward <i>.
z z
Hold the lever until zooming stops.
z z
Zooming stops at the largest possible zoom
factor (before the image becomes noticeably
grainy), which is then indicated on the screen.
2
Zoom Factor
Move the zoom lever toward
<i> again.
z z
The camera zooms in even closer on the
subject.
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Moving the zoom lever will display the zoom bar (which indicates
the zoom position). The color of the zoom bar will change depending
on the zoom range.
- White range: optical zoom range where the image will not appear grainy.
- Yellow range: digital zoom range where the image is not noticeably
grainy (ZoomPlus).
- Blue range: digital zoom range where the image will appear grainy.
Because the blue range will not be available at some resolution
settings (= 46), the maximum zoom factor can be achieved by
following step 1.
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