Canon PowerShot SX210 IS PowerShot SX210 IS Camera User Guide - Page 85

Choosing the Person to Focus On (Face Select) • The camera may not be able to focus in some conditions. • If a correct exposure cannot be obtained, the shutter speed and aperture value appear in orange. Release your finger from the shutter button, then press it again halfway. • In low light conditions, AF frames may not turn blue even after pressing the shutter button halfway. In this case, focus and exposure are locked. • The [AF-Point Zoom] option in the 4 tab is not available in Servo AF mode. • Not available when using Self-Timer (pp. 68, 78, 79). Choosing the Person to Focus On (Face Select) You can choose a specific person's face to focus on and then shoot. Register 0 to the movie button (p. 153) Enter Face Select mode. ∆ Point the camera toward the face of the subject and press the movie button. After [Face Select : On] appears, a face frame will appear around the face detected as the main subject. ∆ Even if the subject moves, the face frame will follow the subject within a certain range. ∆ If a face is not detected, will not appear. Choose the face on which to focus. ∆ If you press the movie button, the face frame will move to another face detected by the camera. ∆ When the frame has made a full circuit of all detected faces, [Face Select: Off] will appear, and the AF frame mode screen will reappear. 85