Magnifying The Focal Point - Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Getting Started

Magnifying the Focal Point

• The camera will detect a subject even if you press the shutter button half
way without pressing the
appear in the center of the screen.
• [Servo AF] (p. 91) is fixed to [On].
• The camera may not be able to track the subject if the subject is too small,
moves too quickly or if the contrast between the subject and the
background is too low.
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Magnifying the Focal Point
If you press the shutter button halfway, the AF frame will magnify and you can
check the focus.
What if the display does not magnify?
The display will not appear magnified in [Face Detect] if a face cannot be detected
or is too big in relation to the screen. In [FlexiZone] or [Center], it will not appear
magnified if the camera cannot focus.
The magnified display will not appear when using the digital zoom (p. 50),
digital tele-converter (p. 85), Tracking AF (p. 89), Servo AF (p. 91) or when
using a TV as a display (p. 175).
90
button. When shooting completes,
Choose [AF-Point Zoom].
Press the n button to choose [AF-
Point Zoom] in the 4 tab, then press the
qr buttons to choose [On].
Check the focus.
Press the shutter button halfway.
In [Face Detect] (p. 87), the face detected
as the main subject will appear magnified.
In [FlexiZone] or [Center] (p. 86), the
contents of the AF frame will appear
magnified.
will