Canon IXUS 120 IS - Manual (Page 25)

Taking Pictures
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Focus.
● Press the shutter button halfway to focus.
X When the camera focuses, it will beep
twice and the indicator will light green
(orange when the flash will fire).
X Green AF frames appear where the
subject is in focus.
X Several AF frames will appear when the
camera focuses on more than one point.
X When a moving face is detected, and you
keep the shutter button pressed halfway,
a blue AF frame appears and the focus
and exposure are continuously adjusted.
Shoot.
● Press the shutter button fully.
X The camera will play the shutter sound
and shoot. The flash will automatically fire
in low light conditions.
X The indicator will blink green while the
image is recorded to the memory card.
X The image will appear on the screen for
about two seconds.
● You can take a second picture even while
an image is displayed by pressing the
shutter button again.
• a flashing appears?
Attach the camera to a tripod so that the camera does not move and blur the
image.
• the camera does not play any sounds?
Pressing the
l button while turning on the camera power will turn off all
sounds except for warning sounds. To turn the sounds on, press the n
button, choose the 3 tab, and then choose [Mute]. Use the qr buttons to
choose [Off].
AF Frames
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