Canon Sure Shot 115U - Manual (Page 8)

Using Focus Lock
Lock the focus when you want the subject to be off center, or when the
subject is within 1 m/3.3 ft. of the camera.
1
Set the focus.
• Position the wide area AF frame over
your subject and lightly press the
shutter button halfway down. Keep the
shutter button pressed halfway.
^ Compose the shot and take the
picture.
• Compose the shot and press the
shutter button fully.
О Take care that the distance from the camera to the subject does not
change. If the distance does change, lock the focus again.
■ Close-up Photography
Close-up frame
When the shooting distance is closer than
1 m/3.3 ft., there is a difference between
what you see in the viewfinder and the
picture you actually take, and therefore the
part of the picture outside the close-up frame
will be cut off.
After locking the focus on your subject, bring
the subject into the close-up frame, compose
the shot and take the picture.
Area actually photographed when —^
the lens is in the telephoto
position (inside dotted line).
If the green lamp blinks, move away from the subject until the lamp stpps
blinking.
0 Shooting with Self-timer
The self-timer function allows you to take a picture from a distance away
from the camera when it is attached to a tripod.
1
Set the camera to self-timer mode.
• Press the Ci) button.
appears on the LCD panel.
• If you then press the 0 button again,
Ci) disappears and self-timer mode is
cancelled.
^ Compose the picture and press the shutter button.
i4The self-timer lamp blinks and the shutter is released approximately
10 seconds later.
• To cancel the self-timer, press the 0 button again.