Shooting Range and Focusing

IXUS 510 HS

• If faces are not detected, or when only gray frames are displayed (without a white frame), an AF frame is displayed in the center of the screen when you press the shutter button halfway.

IXUS 240 HS

•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 (p. 118) 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

Movies

Fixed Frame

One AF frame is displayed. Effective for reliable focusing.

•A yellow AF frame is displayed with if the camera cannot focus

when you press the shutter button halfway. Note that AF-point zooming (p. 79) is not possible.

• To reduce the AF frame size, touch H, touch n, choose [AF Frame Size] on the 4 tab, and then choose [Small] (p. 50).

• The AF frame size is set to [Normal] when you use the digital zoom (p. 61) or digital tele-converter (p. 115).

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