Shooting With The Af Lock; Choosing A Person To Focus On (Face Select) - Canon PowerShot S200 User Manual

Choosing a Person to Focus On (Face Select)

You can shoot after choosing a specific person's face to focus on.
1
Prepare the camera for Face
Select.
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Set the AF frame to [Face AiAF]
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2
Enter Face Select mode.
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Aim the camera at the person's face and
press the <
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After [Face Select : On] is displayed, a
face frame [
face detected as the main subject.
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Even if the subject moves, the face frame
[
range.
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If a face is not detected, [
displayed.
3
Choose the face to focus on.
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To switch the face frame [
detected face, press the <
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After you have switched the face frame
to all detected faces, [Face Select : Off]
is displayed, and the specified AF frame
mode screen is displayed again.
Still Images
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> button.
] is displayed around the
] follows the subject within a certain
] is not
] to another
> button.
4
Shoot.
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Press the shutter button halfway. After the
camera focuses, [
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Press the shutter button all the way down
to shoot.
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When [Face ID] is set to [On], names of any registered people detected are
not displayed when you have selected another, unregistered face to focus on.
However, their names will be recorded in the still images

Shooting with the AF Lock

The focus can be locked. After you lock the focus, the focal position will not
change even when you release your finger from the shutter button.
1
Lock the focus.
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With the shutter button pressed halfway,
press the <q> button.
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The focus is now locked, and [f] and
the MF indicator are displayed.
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To unlock the focus, hold the shutter
button halfway down and press the <q>
button again.
2
Compose the shot and shoot.
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Auto Mode
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Tv, Av, and M
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