Deactivating auto level, Magnifying the area in focus – Canon PowerShot SX540 HS User Manual

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Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

1

Camera Basics

2

Auto Mode /

Hybrid Auto Mode

3

Other Shooting Modes

4

P Mode

6

Playback Mode

7

Wi-Fi Functions

8

Setting Menu

9

Accessories

10

Appendix

Index

5

Tv, Av, and M Mode

Deactivating Auto Level

Still Images

Movies

Normally, auto leveling keeps the movie image horizontally level during

recording. To cancel this feature, choose [Disable].

Press the [

] button, choose

[ Auto level] on the [ ] tab, and then

choose [Disable] (= 29).

Once movie recording begins, the image display area changes
and subjects are enlarged (= 53).

Magnifying the Area in Focus

Still Images

Movies

You can check the focus by pressing the shutter button halfway, which will

enlarge the portion of the image in focus in the AF frame.

1

Configure the setting.

Press the [

] button, choose [AF-

Point Zoom] on the [ ] tab, and then

choose [On] (= 29).

2

Check the focus.

Press the shutter button halfway. The

face detected as the main subject is now

magnified.

To restore the original setting, choose

[Off] in step 1.

The area in focus is not magnified in the following cases when the
shutter button is pressed halfway.

-

If a face was not detected, if the person is too close to the
camera and their face is too large for the screen, or if the
camera detects subject movement

-

When digital zoom is used (= 38)

-

When Tracking AF is used (= 75)

-

When a TV is used as a display (= 148)

Not available in [

] mode.

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