Switching Between Focusing Modes - Canon PowerShot A430 Advanced User's Manual

Switching between Focusing Modes

The AF frame indicates the area of the composition on which the
camera focuses. You can set the AF frame in the following ways.
PowerShot
A430
PowerShot
A420
1
(Rec.) Menu
(Fireworks) and
modes cannot be set.
* Default setting
The focus is locked to the center AF frame when the digital
zoom is used.
The AF frame will display as follows (when the LCD monitor is on).
- AiAF Set to [On]
• Green Frame: Shooting preparations complete
• No Frame:
- AiAF Set to [Off] (single, centered AF frame)
• Green Frame: Shooting preparations complete
• Yellow Frame: Focusing difficulty
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Shooting Mode
The camera detects the subject and highlights the AF
frames, from 9 available points, that it will use to
On
determine the focus.
The camera detects the subject and highlights the AF
frames, from 5 available points, that it will use to
On
determine the focus.
The camera focuses using the center AF frame. This is
Off convenient for focusing on a specific part of a subject
with greater certainty.
See Menus and Settings
(focused AF frame)
Focusing difficulty
(AiAF) [On]*/[Off].
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