Choosing The Person To Focus On (Face Select) - Canon PowerShot SX210 IS User Manual

• The camera may not be able to focus in some conditions.
• If a correct exposure cannot be obtained, the shutter speed and aperture
value appear in orange. Release your finger from the shutter button, then
press it again halfway.
• In low light conditions, AF frames may not turn blue even after pressing
the shutter button halfway. In this case, focus and exposure are locked.
The [AF-Point Zoom] option in the 4 tab is not available in Servo AF mode.
•
• Not available when using Self-Timer (pp. 68, 78, 79).

Choosing the Person to Focus On (Face Select)

You can choose a specific person's face to focus on and then shoot.
Choosing the Person to Focus On (Face Select)
Register 0 to the movie button
(p. 153)
Enter Face Select mode.
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Point the camera toward the face of the
subject and press the movie button.
After [Face Select : On] appears, a face
frame will appear around the face
detected as the main subject.
∆
Even if the subject moves, the face frame
will follow the subject within a certain
range.
∆
If a face is not detected,
Choose the face on which to focus.
∆
If you press the movie button, the face
frame will move to another face
detected by the camera.
∆
When the frame has made a full circuit of
all detected faces, [Face Select: Off] will
appear, and the AF frame mode screen will
reappear.
will not appear.
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