Shooting With Magnified Focus Display - Canon Digital IXUS 870IS User Manual

You can reduce the AF frame size
Press the n button, select the 4 tab, then select the [AF Frame Size] menu
item and [Small] option.
If the camera cannot focus when you press the shutter button halfway, the
AF frame will turn yellow.

Shooting With Magnified Focus Display

If you press the shutter button halfway using [Face Detect] or [Center] while
in AF frame mode, the AF frame will magnify and check the focus.
What if the display does not magnify?
When in [Face Detect] if a face cannot be detected, when a face is too big in
relation to the screen (p. 78), or when in [Center] and the camera doesn't focus,
the display will not appear magnified.
When using Digital Zoom (p. 58), Digital Tele-Converter (p. 59), or when
connected to a TV (p. 75), the magnified display will not appear.
Changing the AF Frame Mode
Set the AF frame mode to [Face
Detect] or [Center] (p. 78).
Select [AF-Point Zoom].
Press the n button and select [AF-
●
Point Zoom] on the 4 tab, use the qr
buttons to select [On].
Focus.
In [Face Detect], the face selected as the
main subject will appear magnified.
In [Center], the center AF frame will
appear magnified.
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