Canon PowerShot A560 PowerShot A560 Camera User Guide Advanced - Page 43

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Shooting z If the shutter button is pressed halfway while the LCD monitor is on, the AF frame appears as follows: - Green: Shooting preparations complete - Yellow: Focusing difficulty (AiAF is set to [Off].) - Off: Focusing difficulty (AiAF is set to [On].) z The following occurs when [Face Detect] is selected. - Up to three AF frames display. At this point, the frame the camera judges to be the main subject appears in white while the others appear in gray. Pressing the shutter button halfway displays up to 9 green AF frames. - If no white frame displays and all the frames appear in gray, images will be shot using the [On] option rather than [Face Detect]. - The camera may mistakenly identify non-human subjects as a face. If this occurs, switch to the [On] or [Off] option. z In certain cases, faces may not be detected. Examples: - Faces near the screen edges or faces that appear extremely small, large, dark or bright in relation to the overall image. - Faces turned to the side or at a diagonal, or faces with a portion hidden. 41

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Shooting
If the shutter button is pressed halfway while the LCD
monitor is on, the AF frame appears as follows:
- Green: Shooting preparations complete
- Yellow: Focusing difficulty (AiAF is set to [Off].)
- Off: Focusing difficulty (AiAF is set to [On].)
The following occurs when [Face Detect] is selected.
- Up to three AF frames display. At this point, the frame the
camera judges to be the main subject appears in white
while the others appear in gray. Pressing the shutter
button halfway displays up to 9 green AF frames.
- If no white frame displays and all the frames appear in
gray, images will be shot using the [On] option rather than
[Face Detect].
- The camera may mistakenly identify non-human subjects
as a face. If this occurs, switch to the [On] or [Off] option.
In certain cases, faces may not be detected.
Examples:
- Faces near the screen edges or faces that appear
extremely small, large, dark or bright in relation to the
overall image.
- Faces turned to the side or at a diagonal, or faces with a
portion hidden.