Canon IXUS 310 HS - Manual (Page 94)

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You can shoot an object at a close distance or even shoot extreme close-ups
of it. The focusing range is approximately 3 – 50 cm (1.2 in. – 1.6 ft.) from the
end of the lens at maximum wide angle (
j).
Choose e.
z Touch ø, then drag up or down the
menu on the left to choose .
z Touch e, then touch e again to complete
the setting.
X Once set, e will appear on the screen.
When it is difficult to focus because your shot contains subjects that are both
near and far, you can change the focusing range to focus more reliably on far
away subjects (approx. 3 m (9.8 ft.) or more from the camera) only.
Choose u.
z Touch ø, then drag up or down the
menu on the left to choose .
z Touch u, then touch u again to
complete the setting.
X Once set, u will appear on the screen.
Shooting Close-ups (Macro)
How can I take better close-ups?
In macro shooting, try attaching the camera to a tripod and shooting in Î to
prevent the camera from moving and blurring the image (p. 59) .
e will turn gray in the area that displays in the yellow bar underneath the
zoom bar, and the camera will not focus.
Shooting Far Away Subjects (Infinity)