Easily Reacquiring Subjects After Manual Zooming (Framing Assist - Seek); Easily Composing Shots After Manual Zooming; (Framing Assist - Lock) - Canon Powershot SX520 HS User Manual

Easily Reacquiring Subjects after Manual
Zooming (Framing Assist – Seek)
If you lose track of a subject while zoomed in, you can find it more easily
by temporarily zooming out.
1
Look for the lost subject.
●
Press and hold the [
●
The camera zooms out and displays
a white frame around the area shown
before you pressed the [
2
Reacquire the subject.
●
Aim the camera so that the subject enters
the white frame, and then release the
[ ] button.
● The previous magnification is now
restored, so that the area within the white
frame fills the screen again.
●
Some shooting information is not displayed while the camera is
zoomed out.
●
During movie shooting, the white frame is not displayed if you
press the [ ] button. Also note that a changed zoom factor and
camera operating sounds are recorded.
Still Images Movies
] button.
] button.

Easily Composing Shots after Manual Zooming

(Framing Assist – Lock)
You can reduce camera shake at the telephoto end, which makes it easier
to compose shots.
●
If you prefer to shoot at the zoom factor of the screen in step 1,
press the shutter button all the way down.
●
You can adjust the zoom factor that the camera reverts to when
you release the [ ] button by moving the zoom lever to resize
the white frame while you hold the [ ] button.
●
To adjust the area displayed when the [ ] button is pressed,
access MENU ( = 27) > [
] tab > [ Display Area], and
choose one of the three options ( = 27).
●
The zoom factor cannot be changed with the [
you press the shutter button all the way down in self-timer mode
( = 39).
Still Images
1
Compensate camera shake at the
telephoto end.
●
Press and hold the [
displayed, and image stabilization optimal
for shooting at the telephoto end is
applied.
2
Shoot.
●
While holding the [ ] button, press the
shutter button halfway to focus on the
subject, and then press it all the way
down.
Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
1
Camera Basics
2
Auto Mode /
] button after
Hybrid Auto Mode
3
Other Shooting Modes
4
P Mode
5
Tv, Av, and M Mode
6
Playback Mode
Movies
7
Setting Menu
8
Accessories
9
Appendix
] button. [ ] is
Index
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