Canon PowerShot SX170 IS User Manual
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Cover
Before Use
Common Camera
Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
Tv, Av, and M
Mode
Still Images
Movies
Face AiAF
•
Detects people’s faces, and then sets the focus, exposure (evaluative
metering only), and white balance ([
] only).
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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.
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When the camera detects movement, frames will follow moving subjects,
within a certain range.
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After you press the shutter button halfway, up to nine green frames are
displayed around faces in focus.
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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.
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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.
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Examples of faces that cannot be detected:
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Subjects that are distant or extremely close
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Subjects that are dark or light
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Faces in profile, at an angle, or partly hidden
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The camera may misinterpret non-human subjects as faces.
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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” (
[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, and then press the <
q>
button.
z
z
When the subject is detected, the camera
beeps and [
] is displayed. Even if the
subject moves, the camera will continue
to track the subject within a certain range.
z
z
If no subject is detected, [
] is
displayed.
z
z
To cancel tracking, press the <
q> button
again.