Shooting Range and Focusing

•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. 103) 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

 

A4000 IS

 

A2400 IS

A2300

A1300

A810

Movies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center

One AF frame is displayed in the center. Effective for reliable focusing.

A3400 IS

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. 108) is not possible.

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