Canon PowerShot SX100 IS PowerShot SX 100 IS Camera User Guide - Page 103

Selecting a Subject to Focus On, When [Face Detect] Is Selected

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Various Shooting Methods 101 Selecting a Subject to Focus On (When [Face Detect] Is Selected) See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 222). Shooting Mode * Cannot be set in mode. Once the focus is fixed to a subject's face, the frame can be set to follow the subject (Face Select and Track). 1 Select a face you wish to focus on. 1. When a face is detected, press the button. • The camera enters face designation mode, and the face frame ( ) of the main subject displays in green. Even if the subject moves, the frame will follow the subject within a certain range. 2. Select the person you wish to focus on. Face Frame • When several faces have been detected, pressing the or button or turning the control dial will move the face frame to another subject. • The face frame will not display when a face is not detected. When the AF frame mode is set to [Center], will display in green in the center of the monitor. • Holding down the DISP. button will Face Frame display face frames (up to 35) of all the detected faces (green: face of main subject, white: detected faces). • The MENU button and button cannot be used.

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Various Shooting Methods
101
See
Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode
(p. 222).
* Cannot be set in
mode.
Once the focus is fixed to a subject’s face, the frame can be set to
follow the subject (Face Select and Track).
Selecting a Subject to Focus On
(When [Face Detect] Is Selected)
Shooting Mode
1
Select a face you wish to focus on.
1.
When a face is detected, press the
button.
The camera enters face
designation mode, and the face
frame (
) of the main subject
displays in green. Even if the
subject moves, the frame will
follow the subject within a certain
range.
2.
Select the person you wish to focus
on.
When several faces have been detected, pressing the
or
button or turning the control dial will move the face frame
to another subject.
The face frame will not display when a face is not detected.
When the AF frame mode is set to [Center],
will display
in green in the center of the monitor.
Holding down the
DISP.
button will
display face frames (up to 35) of
all the detected faces (green: face
of main subject, white: detected
faces).
The
MENU
button and
button cannot be used.
Face Frame
Face Frame