Shooting Hard-To-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, Af Lock, Manual Focus, Safety Mf); Shooting With The Af Lock - Canon PowerShot G9 User Manual

Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects
(Focus Lock, AF Lock, Manual Focus,
Safety MF)
Shooting Mode
It may be difficult to focus on the following types of subjects.
• Subjects with extremely low contrast to the surroundings
• Scenes with a mixture of near and far subjects
• Subjects with extremely bright objects at the center of the
composition
• Subjects that are moving quickly
• Subjects through glass: Try to shoot as close to the glass as possible
to reduce the chances of light reflecting back off the glass.
Shooting with the Focus Lock
1
Aim the camera so that an object at the same
focal distance as the main subject is centered
in the viewfinder or in the AF frame displayed
on the LCD monitor.
2
Press the shutter button halfway to lock the
focus.
3
Keep the shutter button pressed while you
recompose the image and press the shutter
button all the way to shoot the image.

Shooting with the AF Lock

1
Turn on the LCD monitor.
See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 270).
Advanced Shooting Functions
*
* Cannot be used in
123
mode.