Canon PowerShot A2600 User Guide

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Still Images

Movies

To restrict the focus to distant subjects, set the camera to [

u]. For details 

z

z

Press the <

m> button, choose [ ] 

in the menu, and then choose the [

u] 

X

X

Once the setting is complete, [

u] is 

displayed.

Still Images

Movies

Change the AF (auto focus) frame mode to suit the shooting conditions as 

follows.

z

z

Press the <

n> button, choose [AF 

Frame] on the [

4] tab, and then choose 

the desired option (

).

Still Images

Movies

Detects people’s faces, and then sets the focus, exposure (evaluative 

metering only), and white balance ([ ] only).

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.

When the camera detects movement, frames will follow moving subjects, 

within a certain range.

After you press the shutter button halfway, up to nine green frames are 

displayed around faces in focus.

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.

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.

Examples of faces that cannot be detected:

- 

Subjects that are distant or extremely close

- 

Subjects that are dark or light

- 

Faces in profile, at an angle, or partly hidden

The camera may misinterpret non-human subjects as faces.

No AF frames are displayed if the camera cannot focus when you 

press the shutter button halfway.