Canon PowerShot SX600 HS - Manual (Page 58)

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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
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
• The shutter speed may be equivalent when you move the zoom lever all the
way toward < i> for maximum telephoto, and when you zoom in to enlarge
the subject to the same size following step 2 in “Zooming In Closer on Subjects
(Digital Zoom)” ( = 30 ).
Still Images Movies
Changing the AF Frame Mode
Change the AF (auto focus) frame mode to suit the shooting conditions as
follows.
z z Press the < n> button, choose [AF
Frame] on the [ 4] tab, and then choose
the desired option ( = 21 ).
Still Images Movies
Face AiAF
• Detects people’s faces, and then sets the focus, exposure (evaluative
metering only), and white balance ([ ] only).
• After you aim the camera at the subject, a white frame is displayed
around the person’s face determined by the camera to be the main
subject, and up to two gray frames are displayed around other detected
faces.
• When the camera detects movement, frames will follow moving subjects,
within a certain range.
• After you press the shutter button halfway, up to nine green frames are
displayed around faces in focus.
• If faces are not detected, or when only gray frames are displayed
(without a white frame), up to nine green frames are displayed in the
areas in focus when you press the shutter button halfway.
• If faces are not detected when Servo AF ( = 60 ) is set to [On], the
AF frame is displayed in the center of the screen when you press
the shutter button halfway.
• Examples of faces that cannot be detected:
- Subjects that are distant or extremely close
- Subjects that are dark or light
- Faces in profile, at an angle, or partly hidden
• The camera may misinterpret non-human subjects as faces.
• No AF frames are displayed if the camera cannot focus when you
press the shutter button halfway.
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” ( = 58 ) to choose
[Tracking AF].
z z [ ] 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, and then press the < q>
button.