Shooting Conditions That Make Focusing Difficult
Subjects with low contrast, such as a blue sky or flat surfaces in solid colors, or other
cases when highlight or shadow details are clipped.
Subjects in low light.
Stripes and other patterns where there is contrast only in the horizontal direction.
Subjects with repetitive patterns (Example: Skyscraper windows, computer keyboards,
etc.).
Fine lines and subject outlines.
Under light sources with constantly changing brightness, colors, or patterns.
Night scenes or points of light.
The image flickers under fluorescent or LED lighting.
Extremely small subjects.
Subjects at the edge of the screen.
Strongly backlit or reflective subjects (Example: Car with a highly reflective surfaces,
etc.).
Near and distant subjects covered by an AF point (Example: Animal in a cage, etc.).
Subjects that keep moving within the AF point and will not stay still due to camera shake
or subject blur.
Performing AF when the subject is very far out of focus.
Noise (dots of light, banding, etc.) appears on the screen during AF.
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Summary of Contents for PowerShot ZOOM
Page 1: ...Advanced User Guide E CT2 D116 A CANON INC 2020 ...
Page 9: ...Review the picture Press the button then select the Play menu 9 7 ...
Page 18: ...Attaching the Strap Attach the included wrist strap to the camera strap mount 18 ...
Page 26: ...Changing the Interface Language To change the interface language see Language 26 ...
Page 27: ...Basic Operations Adjusting the Viewfinder Holding the Camera Zoom Button Shutter Button 27 ...
Page 31: ...Zoom Button Each press of the button switches between three zoom levels 31 ...
Page 33: ...Menu Operations and Settings Menu Screen Menu Setting Procedure 33 ...
Page 42: ...Note Audio is recorded in stereo 42 ...
Page 47: ...1 point AF The camera focuses in a single AF point in the center 47 ...
Page 62: ...Erasing All Images on a Card You can erase all the images on a card at once 62 ...
Page 72: ...Steps on the camera 2 9 Select OK 72 ...
Page 95: ...2 Set the time zone Press the or button to select Time zone Press 95 ...
Page 122: ...3 Pry the card terminal cover up swing it open 90 and remove it 4 Remove the five screws 122 ...