Canon PowerShot A540 User Manual page 80

Press and hold the shutter button halfway
and press the
MF
button•
• The
(Mf)
icon and the MF indicator will appear on the LCD
monitor.
the camera to compose the shot as
. ed and shoot.
To Release the AF Lock
Press the
MF
button.
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• The AF lock cannot be used in the
tmID
and
cQ
modes,
and when SeN is set to
II.
• When shooting with the focus lock or AF lock using the LCD
monitor, setting
mmi
to [Off] (p. 24) makes shooting easier
since the camera focuses using the center AF frame only.
• The AF lock is convenient because you can let go of the
shutter button to compose the image. Moreover, the AF lock
is still effective after the picture is taken, allowing you to
capture a second image with the same focus.
Shooting in Manual Focus Mode
The focus can be manually set.
on the LCD monitor.
Press the
MF
button several times to display
(Mf)•
• The MF indicator is displayed.
MF indicator
.When the
Q (Rec.) menu's ~ [MF-
Point Zoom] is set to [On], the portion
of the image in the AF frame will
appear magnified*.
* The image will not appear magnified in
-" mode, when the digital zoom is
activated or when a TV is used as the
display.
* Can also be set so that the image displayed is not magnified
(p.24).
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