Magnifying The Focal Point - Canon PowerShot A3100 IS Getting Started

You can reduce the AF frame size
Press the n button, choose the 4 tab, then choose the [AF
• •
Frame Size] menu item and [Small] option.
• The setting is configured to [Normal] when the Digital Zoom (p. 59) or
Digital Tele-converter (p. 60) is used.
If the camera cannot focus when you press the shutter button halfway,
the AF frame will turn yellow and

Magnifying the Focal Point

If you press the shutter button halfway, the AF frame will magnify and you
can check the focus.
What if the display does not magnify?
The display will not appear magnified in [Face AiAF] if a face cannot be
detected or is too big in relation to the screen. In [Center], it will not
appear magnified if the camera cannot focus.
The magnified display will not appear when using Digital Zoom (p. 59) or
Digital Tele-converter (p. 60) or when connected to a TV (p. 97).
will appear on the screen.
1 Choose [AF-Point Zoom].
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Press the n button, choose the 4 tab,
and hen choose the [AF-Point Zoom] menu
item. Press the qr buttons to choose [On].
2 Check the focus.
●
Press the shutter button halfway.
X
In [Face AiAF] (p. 78), the face detected as
the main subject will appear magnified.
X
In [Center] (p. 78), the contents of he center
AF frame will appear magnified.
Magnifying the Focal Point
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