Canon PowerShot SX160 IS User Guide - Page 60

Magnifying the Area in Focus, Configure the setting., Check the focus. - point & shoot

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Helpful Shooting Features Still Images Magnifying the Area in Focus You can check the focus by pressing the shutter button halfway, which will enlarge the portion of the image in focus in the AF frame. 1 Configure the setting. zzPress the button, choose [AF-Point Zoom] on the [4] tab, and then choose [On] (=38). 2 Check the focus. zzPress the shutter button halfway. The face detected as the main subject is now magnified. zzTo restore the original setting, choose [Off] in step 1. • The area in focus will not be magnified when you press the shutter button halfway if a face was not detected, if the person is too close to the camera and their face is too large for the screen, or if the camera detects subject movement. • The display will not magnify when using the digital zoom (=49) or Tracking AF (=94). 60

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Helpful Shooting Features
Still Images
Magnifying the Area in Focus
You can check the focus by pressing the shutter button halfway, which will
enlarge the portion of the image in focus in the AF frame.
1
Configure the setting.
z
Press the <
n
> button, choose
[AF-Point Zoom] on the [
4
] tab, and
then choose [On] (
=
38).
2
Check the focus.
z
Press the shutter button halfway. The
face detected as the main subject is now
magnified.
z
To restore the original setting, choose
[Off] in step 1.
The area in focus will not be magnified when you press the shutter
button halfway if a face was not detected, if the person is too close
to the camera and their face is too large for the screen, or if the
camera detects subject movement.
The display will not magnify when using the digital zoom (
=
49) or
Tracking AF (
=
94).