Canon A540 appendix Shooting in Manual Focus Mode, To Release the AF Lock

3Press and hold the shutter button halfway and press the button.

!The icon and the MF indicator will appear on the LCD monitor.

4Re-aim the camera to compose the shot as desired and shoot.

To Release the AF Lock

Press the button.

!The AF lock cannot be used in the and modes,

and when is set to .

!When shooting with the focus lock or AF lock using the LCD

monitor, setting to [Off] (p. 24) makes shooting easier since the camera focuses using the center AF frame only.

!The AF lock is convenient because you can let go of the shutter button to compose the image. Moreover, the AF lock is still effective after the picture is taken, allowing you to capture a second image with the same focus.

Shooting in Manual Focus Mode

The focus can be manually set.

1Turn on the LCD monitor.

2Press the button several times to display .

!The MF indicator is displayed. MF indicator

!When the (Rec.) menu’s [MF- Point Zoom] is set to [On], the portion of the image in the AF frame will appear magnified*.

* The image will not appear magnified in

mode, when the digital zoom is activated or when a TV is used as the display.

*Can also be set so that the image displayed is not magnified (p. 24).

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