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Canon PowerShot A2600 User Manual

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Preliminary Notes

and Legal Information
Contents: Basic

Operations

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics
Smart Auto

Mode
Other Shooting

Modes

Playback Mode

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

Basic Guide

P Mode

Still Images

Choosing Subjects to Focus On (Tracking AF)

Shoot after choosing a subject to focus on as follows.

1

Choose [Tracking AF].

z

z

Follow the steps in “Changing the AF

Frame Mode” (

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) to choose

[Tracking AF].

X

X

[ ] is displayed in the center of the

screen.

2

Choose a subject to focus on.

z

z

Aim the camera so that [ ] is on the

desired subject.

z

z

Press the shutter button halfway. [ ]

changes to a blue [ ], which follows the

subject as the camera continues to adjust the

focus and exposure (Servo AF) (

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).

X

X

If no subject is detected, [ ] is

displayed.

3

Shoot.

z

z

Press the shutter button all the way down

to shoot.

[Servo AF] (

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) is set to [On] and cannot be changed.

Tracking may not be possible when subjects are too small or move

too rapidly, or when subject color or brightness matches that of the

background too closely.

[AF-Point Zoom] on the [

4] tab is not available.

[

e] and [u] are not available.

Still Images

Movies

Center

One AF frame is displayed in the center. Effective for reliable focusing.

A yellow AF frame is displayed with [ ] if the camera cannot focus

when you press the shutter button halfway. Note that AF-point

zooming (

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) is not possible.

To compose shots so that subjects are positioned at the edge or in a corner,

first aim the camera to capture the subject in an AF frame, and then hold

the shutter button halfway down. As you continue to hold the shutter button

halfway, recompose the shot as desired, and then press the shutter button all

the way down (Focus Lock).

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