Changing The Af Frame Mode - Canon PowerShot S110 User Manual

Shooting Range and Focusing

Changing the AF Frame Mode

Change the AF (auto focus) frame mode to suit the shooting conditions as
follows.
Face AiAF
•
Detects people's faces, and then sets the focus, exposure (evaluative
metering only), and white balance ([
• After you aim the camera at the subject, a white frame is displayed around
the person's face determined by the camera to be the main subject, and up
to two gray frames are displayed around other detected faces.
• When the camera detects movement, frames will follow moving subjects,
within a certain range.
• After you press the shutter button halfway, up to nine green frames are
displayed around faces in focus.
• If faces are not detected, or when only gray frames are displayed
(without a white frame), up to nine green frames are displayed in
the areas in focus when you press the shutter button halfway.
• If faces are not detected when Servo AF (= 1 87) is set to [On],
the AF frame is displayed in the center of the screen when you
press the shutter button halfway.
• Examples of faces that cannot be detected:
- Subjects that are distant or extremely close
- Subjects that are dark or light
- Faces in profile, at an angle, or partly hidden
• The camera may misinterpret non-human subjects as faces.
• No AF frames are displayed if the camera cannot focus when you
press the shutter button halfway.
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Still Images
z z Press the <n> button, choose [AF
Frame] on the [4] tab, and then choose
the desired option (= 9 1).
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