Canon PowerShot A 1000 IS User Manual page 80

You can change the AF (Auto Focus) mode to take the shots you want.
Select [AF Frame].
Press the
8
button and select the
0
tab.
Press the ...... buttons to select
[AF Frame].
Make the setting.
Press the
~ ~
buttons to select a setting.
Face Detect
Recognizes people's faces and focuses, adjusts exposure (evaluative
metering only) and white balance
(AWB
only) for shooting.
When the camera is pointed at subjects, a white frame appears on the
face the camera judges to be the main subject, and gray frames (max. 2)
will appear on other faces. When the shutter button is pressed halfway, up
to 9 green frames will appear on faces the camera focuses on.
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