Canon PowerShot SX280 HS User Manual page 91

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
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.
Still Images Movies
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Choosing Subjects to Focus On (Tracking AF)
Shoot after choosing a subject to focus on as follows.
1
Choose [Tracking AF].
z z Follow the steps in "Changing the AF
Frame Mode"
[Tracking AF].
X X [
screen.
2
Choose a subject to focus on.
z z
Aim the camera so that [
desired subject, and then press the <q>
button.
When the subject is detected, the camera
X X
beeps and [
subject moves, the camera will continue
to track the subject within a certain range.
X X If no subject is detected, [
displayed.
z z To cancel tracking, press the <q> button
again.
Still Images
(= 90) to choose
] is displayed in the center of the
] is on the
] is displayed. Even if the
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