Selecting A Subject To Focus On (Face Select And Track) - Canon PowerShot SX1 IS User Manual

Available Shooting Modes
Selecting a Subject to Focus On
(Face Select and Track)
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p.300
Once the focus is fixed to a subject's face, the frame can be set to
follow the subject within a certain range. Set the AF frame mode to
[Face Detect] in advance (p. 120).
Select a face to focus on.
1. Press the
1-:-1
button while faces are detected by the camera.
• The camera enters face
Face Frame
select mode, and the face
frame (:~ :) of the main
subject displays in green.
Even if the subject moves,
the frame will follow the
subject within a certain
range.
• The face frame will not
display when a face is not
detected.
2. Select the person you wish to
focus on.
• When several faces have
been detected, pressing the
.. or .. button or turning the
control dial will move the face
frame to another subject.
• Holding down the DISP.
Face Frame
button for more than 1
second will display face
frames (up to 35) of all the
detected faces (green: face
of main subject, white:
detected faces).