Changing The Af Frame Mode; Face Detect; Aiaf; Center (Af Frame) - Canon PowerShot SD880 IS Digital ELPH User Manual

Changing the AF Frame Mode
You can change the AF (Auto Focus) frame mode to match the scene you
want to shoot.
Select [AF Frame].
Press the
MENU
button and select the
o
tab, then select the [AF Frame], then
press the
~ ~
buttons to select an option.
Face Detect······
Recognizes people's faces and focuses, adjusts exposure (evaluative
metering only (p. 82)) and white balance
(AWl
only (p. 71)) for shooting.
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When the camera is pointed at subjects, a white frame appears on the
face the camera judges to be the main subject, and gray frames (max. 2)
will appear on other faces. When the shutter button is pressed halfway, up
to 9 green frames will appear on faces the camera focuses on.
• If a face is not detected and only gray frames (no white frame) appear,
the setting ,will change to
[AiAF].
• Examples
of
faces- that cannot be detected:
• SUbjects that are far away or extremely close.
• Subjects that are dar1< or
light.
• Faces turned to
the
side or at a diagonal. or faces
with
a portion hidden.
• The camera may mistakenly identify non-human subjects as a face.
• If the camera cannot focus when you
press
the shutter button halfway,
the
AF
frame will not appear.
AiAF
The camera automatically selects among 9 AF frames to focus with.
If
the
camera
oannot focus when
you
press the shutter button
halfway,
the
AF
frame
will
not appear.
Center; _ ..._ ... ~.
The AF frame will be fixed to the center. This is effective for focusing on a
specific point.
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