Canon PowerShot ELPH 140 IS User Manual
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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Still Images
Movies
Face AiAF
•
Detects people’s faces, and then sets the focus, exposure (evaluative
metering only), and white balance ([
] only).
•
After you aim the camera at the subject, a white frame is displayed
around the person’s face determined by the camera to be the main
subject, and up to two gray frames are displayed around other detected
faces.
•
When the camera detects movement, frames will follow moving subjects,
within a certain range.
•
After you press the shutter button halfway, up to nine green frames are
displayed around faces in focus.
•
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 (
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
Choosing Subjects to Focus On (Tracking AF)
Shoot after choosing a subject to focus on as follows.
1
Choose [Tracking AF].
z
z
Follow the steps in “Changing the AF
Frame Mode” (
) to choose
[Tracking AF].
z
z
[
] is displayed in the center of the
screen.
2
Choose a subject to focus on.
z
z
Aim the camera so that [
] is on the
desired subject.
z
z
Press the shutter button halfway. [
]
changes to a blue [
], which follows
the subject as the camera continues to
adjust the focus and exposure (Servo AF)
(
).
3
Shoot.
z
z
Press the shutter button all the way down
to shoot.
•
[Servo AF] (
) is set to [On] and cannot be changed.
•
Tracking may not be possible when subjects are too small or move
too rapidly, or when subject color or brightness matches that of the
background too closely.
•
[AF-Point Zoom] on the [
4] tab is not available.
•
[
e] and [u] are not available.