Canon PowerShot A520 User Manual page 128

Troubleshooting 1
Sounds come from The camera's vertical and horizontal ® The mechanism for detecting the camera's
the camera interior orientation has changed, orientation is functioning. This is not a
malfunction.
Image is blurred or ;amera moved ® Hold the camera steady while pressing the
out of focus shutter button,
Autofocus function hampered by ® Be careful not to block the AF-assist beam
obstruction to AF-assist beam. with fingers or other items,
The AF-assist beam is set to [Off]. ®
Subject out of focal range. ®
Subject is hard to focus on,
Set the [AF-assist beam] to [On] (p, 69),
Ensure that there is at least 45 cm (1,5 ft,)
between the camera lens and subject.
® Use the Macro mode to shoot close-ups
between 5 and 45 cm (2.0 in. to 1.5 ft.) from
the lens when set to wide angle and between
30 to 45 cm (! 1,8 in, to ! ,5 ft,) when set to
telephoto.
® Use the focus lock or the manual focus to
shoot the image. (See Shooting Hard-to-
Focus Subjects (p. 90).)
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