Canon PowerShot SX10 IS User Guide

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It may be difficult to focus on the following types of subjects.
• Subjects with extremely low contrast to the surroundings
• Scenes with a mixture of near and far subjects
• Subjects with extremely bright objects at the center of the 

composition

• Subjects that are moving quickly
• Subjects through glass

Shooting with the Focus Lock

Shooting with the AF Lock

Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects 

(Focus Lock, AF Lock, Manual Focus, Safety MF)

Aim the camera so that an object at the same 

focal distance as the main subject is centered 

in the AF frame displayed on the LCD monitor 

(or the viewfinder).

Keep the shutter button pressed halfway while 

you recompose the image.

Press the shutter button fully to shoot the 

image.

Aim the camera so that an object at the same 

focal distance as the main subject is centered 

in the AF frame.

Press and hold the shutter button halfway and 

press the MF button.

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 and the MF Indicator will be displayed to confirm the 

distance from the subject.

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