Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II Owner's Manual

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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.

 

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With the shutter button pressed halfway, 

press the [ ] button.

 

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The focus is now locked, and [

] and 

the MF indicator are displayed.

 

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To unlock the focus, hold the shutter 

button halfway down and press the [ ] 

button again.

 

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Cannot be used with Touch Shutter (= 44).

 

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When [AF method] is set to [1-point AF], you can lock the focus 
by touching the screen during movie recording. To unlock the 
focus, touch [ ].

 

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Press the shutter button halfway. After 

the camera focuses, [ ] changes to a 

green [ ].

 

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Press the shutter button all the way down 

to shoot.

 

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If you prefer the camera not to shoot when you touch the screen, 
make sure [Touch Shutter] mode is deactivated. Press the 
[

] button, choose [Touch Shutter] on the [

2] tab, and 

then choose [Disable] (= 30).

 

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Tracking may not be possible when subjects are too small or 
move too rapidly, or when there is inadequate contrast between 
subjects and the background.

 

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Even if you are shooting in [ ] mode (= 87), the camera will 
revert to [

] mode if you touch the screen to specify where to 

focus.

 

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If [Face ID] is set to [On], names will not be displayed when 
registered people are detected, but the names will be recorded in 
the still images (= 45). However, a name will be displayed if 
the subject chosen to focus on is the same as a person detected 
with Face ID.