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Magnifying the area in focus – Canon PowerShot SX170 IS User Manual

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Chapter Contents

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]

(

=

45

).

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 will not be magnified when you press

the shutter button 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.