Switching Between Focusing Modes - Canon PowerShot SD790 IS Digital ELPH User Manual

Switching between Focusing Modes

The AF frame indicates the area of the composition on which the
camera focuses.
Face
Detect
(No frame) AiAF
Center
1
Select [AF Frame].
1. Press the
2. In the
button to select [AF Frame].
2
Accept the setting.
1. Use the
AF frame option.
2. Press the
You can have the camera automatically detect the
position of a face and use this data to set the focus,
exposure* and white balance*
1
addition, the camera meters the subject so that the
face is correctly illuminated when the flash fires. If
no face is detected, the camera shoots using
[AiAF].
*1 Only in Evaluative Metering mode (p. 98).
*2 Only in
The camera detects the subject and highlights the
AF frames, from 9 available points, that it will use
to determine the focus.
The AF frame will be fixed to center.
This is recommended when the target subject is at
the center of the composition. You can change the
size of the AF frame (p. 91).
button.
menu, use the
or button to select an
button.
Available Shooting Modes
(p. 100)
or
p. 222
while shooting. In
2
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