Canon PowerShot SX730 HS Owner's Manual

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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Index
Camera Basics
Auto Mode / 
Hybrid Auto Mode
Other Shooting Modes
P Mode
Tv, Av, and M Mode
Playback Mode
Wireless Features
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Common, Convenient Features
Zooming In Closer on Subjects (Digital Zoom)
 Still Images 
 Movies
When distant subjects are too far away to enlarge using the optical zoom, 
use digital zoom for up to about 160x enlargement.
Move the zoom lever toward [ ].
 
Hold the lever until zooming stops.
 
Zooming stops at the largest zoom factor 
before the image becomes noticeably 
grainy, which is then indicated on the 
screen.
Move the zoom lever toward [ ] 
again.
 
The camera zooms in even closer on the 
subject.
 
(1) is the current zoom factor.
 
Moving the zoom lever will display the zoom bar (which indicates 
the zoom position). The zoom bar is color-coded to indicate the 
zoom range.
 -
White range: optical zoom range where the image will not 
appear grainy.
 -
Yellow range: digital zoom range where the image is not 
noticeably grainy (ZoomPlus).
 -
Blue range: digital zoom range where the image will appear 
grainy.
 
Because the blue range will not be available at some recording 
pixel settings (= 50), the maximum zoom factor can be 
achieved by following step 1.
(1)
On-Screen Frames
 Still Images 
 Movies
In [
] mode, a variety of frames are displayed once the camera 
detects subjects you are aiming the camera at.
 
A white frame is displayed around the subject (or person’s face) 
determined by the camera to be the main subject, and gray frames are 
displayed around other detected faces. Frames follow moving subjects 
within a certain range to keep them in focus. However, if the camera 
detects subject movement, only the white frame will remain on the 
screen.
 
When you are pressing the shutter button halfway and the camera 
detects subject movement, a blue frame is displayed, and the focus 
and image brightness are constantly adjusted (Servo AF).
 
Try shooting in [ ] mode (= 70) if no frames are displayed, if 
frames are not displayed around desired subjects, or if frames are 
displayed on the background or similar areas.