Canon PowerShot SX60 HS Owner's Manual (en)

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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
1
Camera Basics
2
Auto Mode /
Hybrid Auto Mode
3
Other Shooting Modes
5
Tv, Av, M, C1, and C2 Mode
6
Playback Mode
7
Wi-Fi Functions
8
Setting Menu
9
Accessories
10
Appendix
Index
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P Mode
Choose a subject to focus on.
 
Aim the camera so that [
] is on the 
desired subject, and then press the [
button.
 
When the subject is detected, the camera 
beeps and [
] is displayed. Even if the 
subject moves, the camera will continue 
to track the subject within a certain range.
 
If no subject is detected, [
] is displayed.
 
To cancel tracking, press the [
] button 
again.
Shoot.
 
Press the shutter button halfway. [
changes to a blue [
], which follows 
the subject as the camera continues to 
adjust the focus and exposure (Servo AF) 
(
 
Press the shutter button all the way down 
to shoot.
 
Even after your shot, [
] is still displayed 
and the camera continues to track the 
subject.
 
[Servo AF] (
 
Tracking may not be possible when subjects are too small or 
move too rapidly, or when subject color or brightness matches 
that of the background too closely.
 
[AF-Point Zoom] on the [
Face Detect
 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), an 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.
Choosing Subjects to Focus On (Tracking AF)
 Still Images 
 
Movies
Shoot after choosing a subject to focus on as follows.
Choose [Tracking AF].
 
= 82) to choose 
[Tracking AF].
 
[
] is displayed in the center of the 
screen.