Canon PowerShot SX600 HS - Manual (Page 36)

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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode / Hybrid
Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Wi-Fi Functions
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Helpful Shooting Features
Still Images Movies
Displaying Grid Lines
Grid lines can be displayed on the screen for vertical and horizontal
reference while shooting.
z z Press the < n> button, choose [Grid
Lines] on the [ 4] tab, and then choose
[On] ( = 21 ).
z z Once the setting is complete, grid lines
are displayed on the screen.
z z To restore the original setting, repeat this
process but choose [Off].
• Grid lines are not recorded in your shots.
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 z Press the < n> button, choose [AF-
Point Zoom] on the [ 4] tab, and then
choose [On] ( = 21 ).
2 Check the focus.
z z Press the shutter button halfway. The
face detected as the main subject is now
magnified.
z z To restore the original setting, choose
[Off] in step 1.
• The area in focus is not magnified in the following cases when the shutter
button is pressed 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
- Digital zoom ( = 30 ): Not magnified with this feature
- Tracking AF ( = 58 ): Not magnified with this feature
- When using a TV as a display ( = 123 )
• Not available in [ ] mode.