Canon VIXIA GX10, Instruction Manual

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Adju s ting the Focu s
3 If nece ss ary, touch the de s ired s ubject on the LCD s creen to s elect a different main s ubject.
• To select a different person: Touch a face with a gray frame. The face detection frame will change to a double
frame
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(tracking frame, white in AF mode, gray in MF mode). The camcorder will track the subject as it
moves.
• To select other moving subjects: In autofocus mode only, you can touch [
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] and then touch any other moving
subject, such as a pet. The frame will change to a white double frame
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(tracking frame). The camcorder
will track the subject as it moves.
• Touch [ ] to remove the frame and cancel the tracking.
4 In manual focu s mode, the focu s guide will appear on the s elected main s ubject if thi s function i s
activated. U s e the focu s guide a s a reference to focu s manually.
• In autofocus mode, the camcorder will keep the focus on the main subject and track it as it moves.
Limiting Autofocus to Faces
While using autofocus, you can limit the autofocus function only to cases when a face is detected and use
manual focus otherwise. When a face is detected, the camcorder will automatically keep the subject in focus
and optimize the exposure.
S et an a ss ignable button to [
~
Face Only AF] (
A
86) and pre ss the button.
• While face-only AF is activated, the
}
icon will change to
~
.
NOTES NOTES
• The camcorder may mistakenly detect the faces of non-human subjects. In such case, turn face detection &
tracking off.
• When face detection is activated, the slowest shutter speed used by the camcorder is 1/30 (1/24 if the frame
rate is set to 23.98P).
• Touching somewhere with a color or pattern unique to the subject will make it easier to track. However, if there
is another subject in the vicinity that shares similar characteristics to the selected subject, the camcorder may
start tracking the incorrect subject. Select the desired subject using the "To select other moving subjects"
procedure (step 3,
A
50).
• In certain cases, faces may not be detected correctly. Typical examples include:
- Faces extremely small, large, dark or bright in relation to the overall picture.
- Faces turned to the side, upside down, at a diagonal or partially hidden.
• Face detection & tracking cannot be used in the following cases.
- When the shooting mode is set to
Q
,
R
or
T
.
- When the shutter speed used is slower than 1/30 (1/24 if the frame rate is set to 23.98P).
- When the digital zoom is activated and the zoom ratio is larger than 60x.
- When slow & fast motion recording is activated and the slow motion rate is set to x0.5 (59.94P), x0.25
(29.97P) or x0.2 (23.98P).
• In certain cases, the camcorder may not be able to track the subject. Typical examples include:
- Subjects extremely small or large in relation to the overall picture.
- Subjects too similar to the background.
- Subjects lacking sufficient contrast.
- Fast moving subjects.
- When shooting indoors with insufficient lighting.
Operating modes: