User manual CANON POWERSHOT A3100 IS

[. . . ] Camera User Guide Photo of PowerShot A3100 IS · Make sure you read this guide before using the camera. · Store this guide safely so that you can use it in the future. ENGLISH Checking the Package Contents Check if the following items are included in your camera package. If anything is missing, contact the retailer from which you purchased the camera. Camera Battery Pack NB-8L (with Terminal Cover) Battery Charger CB-2LA/2LAE Interface Cable IFC-400PCU AV Cable AVC-DC400 Wrist Strap WS-800 Getting Started DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk Warranty System Booklet Using the Manuals Also refer to the manuals on the DIGITAL CAMERA Manuals Disk. · Camera User Guide (This Guide) Once you have mastered the basics, use the camera's many features to shoot more challenging photos. · Personal Printing Guide Read when you want to connect the camera to a printer (sold separately) and print. [. . . ] · Faces turned to the side or at a diagonal, or faces with a portion hidden. · The camera may mistakenly identify non-human subjects as a face. · If the camera cannot focus when you press the shutter button halfway, the AF frame will not appear. Center The AF frame is locked to the center. This is effective for focusing on a specific point. 78 Magnifying the Focal Point You can reduce the AF frame size · Press the n button, choose the 4 tab, then choose the [AF Frame Size] menu item and [Small] option. · The setting is configured to [Normal] when the Digital Zoom (p. If the camera cannot focus when you press the shutter button halfway, the AF frame will turn yellow and will appear on the screen. Magnifying the Focal Point If you press the shutter button halfway, the AF frame will magnify and you can check the focus. 1 Choose [AF-Point Zoom]. the 4 tab, Press the n button, choose and then choose the [AF-Point Zoom] menu item. Press the qr buttons to choose [On]. the focus. 78), the face detected as the main subject will appear magnified. 78), the contents of the center AF frame will appear magnified. What if the display does not magnify? The display will not appear magnified in [Face AiAF] if a face cannot be detected or is too big in relation to the screen. In [Center], it will not appear magnified if the camera cannot focus. The magnified display will not appear when using Digital Zoom (p. 97). 79 Choosing the Person to Focus On (Face Select) You can choose a specific person's face to focus on and then shoot. 1 Enter Face Select mode. of the Point the camera toward the face subject and press the 0 button. After [Face Select : On] appears, a face frame will appear around the face detected as the main subject. Even if the subject moves, the face frame will follow the subject within a certain range. If a face is not detected, will not appear. 2 Choose the face on which to focus. If you press the 0 button, the face frame will move to another face detected by the camera. When the frame has made a full circuit of all detected faces, [Face Select : Off] will appear, and the AF frame mode screen will reappear. 3 Shoot. the shutter button halfway. The face Press frame of the chosen face will change into a green . Press the shutter button fully to shoot. Confirming the number of detected faces Keeping the 0 button pressed will display the number of faces detected by the camera (35 at the most) (orange: main subject's face, white: detected face). 80 Shooting with the AF Lock The focus can be locked. After locking the focus, the focal distance will not change even when you release your finger from the shutter button. focus. 1 Lock the shutter button pressed halfway Keep the and press the q button. The focus locks and % appears on the screen. [. . . ] 48 Strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 13 Super Vivid (Scene Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 T Terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 97, 110, 126 Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]