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Helpful Shooting Features Displaying Grid Lines Still Images Movies Grid lines can be displayed on the screen for vertical and horizontal reference while shooting. Configure the setting. zzPress the button, choose [Grid Lines] on the [4] tab, and then choose [On] (=35). XXOnce the setting is complete, grid lines are displayed on the screen. zzTo restore the original setting, repeat this process but choose [Off]. • Grid lines are not recorded in your shots. Magnifying the Area in Focus Still Images 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 [AFPoint Zoom] on the [4] tab, and then choose [On] (=35). 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 (=53) or when using a TV as a display (=158). • Not available in [ ] mode. Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Using GPS Function 3 Auto Mode/ Hybrid Auto Mode 4 Other Shooting Modes 5 P Mode 6 Tv, Av, and M Mode 7 Playback Mode 8 Wi-Fi Functions 9 Setting Menu 10 Accessories 11 Appendix Index 65

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Cover
Preliminary Notes
and Legal Information
Contents: Basic
Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Using GPS
Function
Auto Mode/
Hybrid Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
Tv, Av, and M
Mode
Playback Mode
Wi-Fi Functions
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
P Mode
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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] (
=
35
).
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 (
=
53
) or when
using a TV as a display (
=
158
).
•
Not available in [
] mode.
Helpful Shooting Features
Still Images
Movies
Displaying Grid Lines
Grid lines can be displayed on the screen for vertical and horizontal
reference while shooting.
Configure the setting.
z
Press the <
n
> button, choose [Grid
Lines] on the [
4
] tab, and then choose
[On] (
=
35
).
X
Once the setting is complete, grid lines
are displayed on the screen.
z
To restore the original setting, repeat this
process but choose [Off].
•
Grid lines are not recorded in your shots.
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