Shooting with the af lock, Choosing a person to focus on (face select) – Canon PowerShot SX60 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

5

Tv, Av, M, C1, and C2 Mode

6

Playback Mode

7

Wi-Fi Functions

8

Setting Menu

9

Accessories

10

Appendix

Index

4

P Mode

When [Face ID] is set to [On], names of any registered people
detected are not displayed when you have selected another,
unregistered face to focus on. However, their names will be
recorded in the still images (= 47).

Shooting with the AF Lock

Still Images

Movies

The focus can be locked. After you lock the focus, the focal position will

not change even when you release your finger from the shutter button.

1

Lock the focus.

With the shutter button pressed halfway,

press the [ ] button.

The focus is now locked, and [

] and

the MF indicator are displayed.

To unlock the focus, after you release

the shutter button, press the [ ] button

again, and then press the [ ][ ] buttons

to choose [ ].

2

Compose the shot and shoot.

Choosing a Person to Focus On (Face Select)

Still Images

Movies

You can shoot after choosing a specific person’s face to focus on.

1

Prepare the camera for Face Select.

Set the AF frame to [Face Detect]

(= 83).

2

Enter Face Select mode.

Aim the camera at the person’s face and

press the [

] button.

After [Face Select : On] is displayed, a

face frame [ ] is displayed around the

face detected as the main subject.

Even if the subject moves, the face frame

[ ] follows the subject within a certain

range.

If a face is not detected, [ ] is not

displayed.

3

Choose the face to focus on.

To switch the face frame [ ] to another

detected face, press the [

] button.

After you have switched the face frame

to all detected faces, [Face Select : Off]

is displayed, and the specified AF frame

mode screen is displayed again.

4

Shoot.

Press the shutter button halfway. After the

camera focuses, [ ] changes to [ ].

Press the shutter button all the way down

to shoot.

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