Canon 2089B001 PowerShot A650 IS Camera User Guide - Page 99

Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects Focus, Lock, AF Lock, Manual Focus, Safety MF

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Various Shooting Methods 97 Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock, Manual Focus, Safety MF) See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 214). Shooting Mode * Cannot be used in mode. It may be difficult to focus on the following types of subjects. • Subjects with extremely low contrast to the surroundings • Scenes with a mixture of near and far subjects • Subjects with extremely bright objects at the center of the composition • Subjects that are moving quickly • Subjects through glass: Try to shoot as close to the glass as possible to reduce the chances of light reflecting back off the glass. Shooting with the Focus Lock 1 Aim the camera so that an object at the same focal distance as the main subject is centered in the viewfinder or in the AF frame displayed on the LCD monitor. 2 Press the shutter button halfway to lock the focus. 3 Keep the shutter button pressed halfway while you recompose the image and press the shutter button all the way to shoot the image.

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Various Shooting Methods
97
See
Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode
(p. 214).
* Cannot be used in
mode.
It may be difficult to focus on the following types of subjects.
• Subjects with extremely low contrast to the surroundings
• Scenes with a mixture of near and far subjects
• Subjects with extremely bright objects at the center of the composition
• Subjects that are moving quickly
• Subjects through glass: Try to shoot as close to the glass as possible
to reduce the chances of light reflecting back off the glass.
Shooting with the Focus Lock
Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus
Lock, AF Lock,
Manual Focus, Safety MF)
Shooting Mode
1
Aim the camera so that an object at the same
focal distance as the main subject is centered
in the viewfinder or in the AF frame displayed
on the LCD monitor.
2
Press the shutter button halfway to lock the
focus.
3
Keep the shutter button pressed halfway while
you recompose the image and press the shut-
ter button all the way to shoot the image.