Canon XA70 Instruction Manual page 48

Adjusting the Focus
Peaking
When peaking is activated, the edges of objects in focus will be highlighted in red, blue or yellow on the screen.
In addition, you can choose to switch the screen to black & white while peaking is activated, further emphasizing
the edges.
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1 Open the peaking settings screen.
[FUNC] > [< Focus] > [i]
2 Select the desired options and then select [L].
• For the black & white setting: Select [Off] or [On]. For the peaking color: Select [Red], [Blue] or [Yellow].
3 Select [O] and then select [X].
• O or N appears on the left of the screen, peaking is activated and edges in focus are shown
highlighted.
• Touch [O] again before closing the screen to turn off the peaking effect.
Magnification
1 Press the MAGN. button.
• Alternatively, you can select [FUNC] >
[^ Magnification] > [OK].
• ^ appears at the lower right of the screen and the
center of the screen* is magnified 2 times.
• The magnification frame displayed at the bottom right
corner of the screen shows the approximate part of
the image shown magnified.
2 If necessary, move around the magnification frame to
check other parts of the image.
• Drag your finger on the screen or push the joystick
(ÝÞ).
3 Press the MAGN. button or select [X] to cancel the
magnification.
* If one of the AF frames or a face detection frame is displayed on the
screen, the area around the active frame will be magnified instead.
NOTES NOTES
• Peaking/magnification are only displayed on the camcorder's screen. They will not appear on video output
from the output terminals and will not affect your recordings.
• Magnification is not available while the color bars are displayed.
• If you set an assignable button to [^ Magnification] (A 92), you can press the button to turn the
magnification on/off.
• Magnification will be turned off when you start recording but you can turn it on/off again while recording.