Choose A Subject To Focus On - Canon IXUS 500 HS User Manual

Common, Convenient Features
Choosing Subjects to Focus On (Tracking AF)
Shoot after choosing a subject to focus on as follows.
• Tracking may not be possible when subjects are too small or move too rapidly,
or when subject color or brightness matches that of the background too closely.
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Specify Tracking AF.
Press the o button.
is displayed in the center of the screen.

Choose a subject to focus on.

Aim the camera so that
subject, and then press the shutter button
halfway.
A blue frame is displayed, and the camera will
keep the subject in focus and image
brightness adjusted (Servo AF).
Shoot.
Press the shutter button all the way down to
shoot.
Press the o button to cancel Tracking AF.
Still Images
is on the desired