Displaying Grid Lines; Helpful Shooting Features - Canon PowerShot SX280 HS User Manual

Helpful Shooting Features

Displaying Grid Lines

Grid lines can be displayed on the screen for vertical and horizontal
reference while shooting.
Configure the setting.
z z Press the <n> button, choose [Grid
Lines] on the [4] tab, and then choose
[On]
Once the setting is complete, grid lines
X X
are displayed on the screen.
z z To restore the original setting, repeat this
process but choose [Off].
• Grid lines are not recorded in your shots.
Still Images Movies
(= 35).
Magnifying the Area in Focus
You can check the focus by pressing the shutter button halfway, which will
enlarge the portion of the image in focus in the AF frame.
1
Configure the setting.
z z Press the <n> button, choose [AF-
Point Zoom] on the [4] tab, and then
choose [On]
2
Check the focus.
z z Press the shutter button halfway. The
face detected as the main subject is now
magnified.
z z
To restore the original setting, choose
[Off] in step 1.
•
The area in focus will not be magnified when you press the shutter
button halfway if a face was not detected, if the person is too close
to the camera and their face is too large for the screen, or if the
camera detects subject movement.
• The display will not magnify when using the digital zoom
using a TV as a display (= 158).
• Not available in [ ] mode.
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Camera Basics
Using GPS
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