Switching Between Focusing Modes - Canon Digital IXUS 75 Advanced User's Manual

Switching between Focusing Modes

The autofocus frame (AF frame) indicates the area used to set the
focus. Select from among the following three focusing methods.
(No frame)
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(Rec.) Menu
[Face Detect]*/[On]/[Off].
*Default setting.
[Face Detect] cannot be used when the LCD monitor is
turned off.
The AF frame appears as follows when the shutter button is
pressed halfway.
- Green:
- Yellow:
- No Display: Focusing difficulty (AiAF set to [On])
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You can have the camera automatically detect
the position of a face and use this data to set the
focus and exposure* while shooting. In addition,
Face
the camera will meter the subject so that the face
is correctly illuminated when the flash fires. If a
Detect
face is not detected, shooting will take place with
[On].
*Only in evaluative metering mode
The camera detects the subject and highlights
On the AF frames, from 9 available points, that it will
use to determine the focus.
The camera focuses using the center AF frame.
Off This is convenient for focusing on a specific part
of a subject with greater certainty.
See Menus and Settings
Shooting preparations complete
Focusing difficulty (AiAF set to [Off])
[AiAF]
(p. 23).
(p. 51).