Magnifying The Focal Point - Canon PowerShot SX210 IS Getting Started

You can reduce the AF frame size
Press the n button, choose the 4 tab, then choose he [AF Frame Size]
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menu item and [Small] option.
• The setting is configured to [Normal] when the Digital Zoom (p. 65), Digital Tele-
converter (p. 66) or Manual Focus (p. 87) is used.
If the camera cannot focus when you press the shutter button halfway, the
AF frame will turn yellow and

Magnifying the Focal Point

If you press the shutter button halfway, the AF frame will magnify and you can
check the focus.
What if the display does not magnify?
The display will not appear magnified in [Face Detect] if a face cannot be detected
or is too big in relation to the screen. In [Center], it will not appear magnified if the
camera cannot focus.
The magnified display will not appear when using Digital Zoom (p. 65),
Digital Tele-converter (p. 66), Servo AF (p. 84) or when connected to a TV
(p. 80).
will appear.
Choose [AF-Point Zoom].
¨ Press the n button, choose the 4 tab,
and then choose the [AF-Point Zoom] menu
item. Press the qr buttons to choose [On].
Check the focus.
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Press the shutter button halfway.
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In [Face Detect] (p. 82), the face detected
as the main subject will appear magnified.
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In [Center] (p. 82), the contents of the
center AF frame will appear magnified.
Magnifying the Focal Point
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