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Setting the display overlays, P. 31 – Canon A450 User Manual

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Shooting

You can display vertical and horizontal grid lines, a 3:2 print area
guide, or both on the LCD monitor while shooting to help check the
position of your subject.

* Images are still recorded at the standard aspect ratio of 4:3.

Setting the Display Overlays

Shooting Mode

Grid Lines

Displays grid lines to divide the screen into 9 parts.
Helps confirm the vertical and horizontal positioning of
the subject.

3:2 Guide

Helps confirm the print area for a 3:2 print.*
Areas outside the printable area are grayed out.

Both

Displays both the grid lines and the 3:2 guide
simultaneously.

1

(Rec.) Menu

(Disp. Overlay) [Off]*/

[Grid Lines]/[3:2 Guide]/[Both].

See Menus and Settings

(p. 19)

.

* Default setting.

z

The grid lines and 3:2 guide will not be recorded in the
image.

z

In

mode, only [Grid Lines] can be used.

z

Ensure that the camera’s date/time is set beforehand
(

p. 22

, Basic Guide p. 7).

z

The date stamp cannot be deleted from the image
data once it has been embedded.