PowerShot SX740 HS Camera User Guide

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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
Wireless Features
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
● If you prefer to shoot at the zoom factor of the screen in step 1,
press the shutter button all the way down.
● You can adjust the zoom factor that the camera reverts to when
you release the
button by moving the zoom lever to resize the
white frame while you hold the
button.
● To adjust the area displayed when the
button is pressed,
choose [
Display area] in the [ ] menu (
=
23), and
choose one of the three options.
● The zoom factor cannot be changed with the
button after
you press the shutter button all the way down in self-timer mode
(
=
33).
Auto Zooming in Response to Subject Movement
(Auto Zoom)
Still Images Movies
The camera automatically zooms in and out to keep a detected face
(
=
58) at a constant size. If the person moves closer, the camera
automatically zooms out, and vice versa. This size can also be adjusted,
as needed.
1
Enter Auto mode.
● Press and release the button quickly.
● [
] is displayed.
● A white frame is displayed around the
detected face, and the camera zooms
in and out to keep the subject on the
screen.
● When multiple faces are detected, a
white frame is displayed around the main
subject’s face and up to two gray frames
around other faces, as the camera zooms
to keep these subjects on the screen.
● To deactivate digital zoom, choose [ ] menu (
=
23) > [Digital
zoom] > [Off].
Easily Reacquiring Subjects after Manual
Zooming (Framing Assist – Seek)
Still Images Movies
If you lose track of a subject while zoomed in, you can nd it more easily
by temporarily zooming out.
1
Look for the lost subject.
● Press and hold the button.
● The camera zooms out and displays
a white frame around the area shown
before you pressed the
button.
2
Reacquire the subject.
● Aim the camera so that the subject enters
the white frame, and then release the
button.
● The previous magnication is now
restored, so that the area within the white
frame lls the screen again.
● Some shooting information is not displayed while the camera is
zoomed out.
● During movie shooting, the white frame is not displayed if you
press the
button. Also note that a changed zoom factor and
camera operating sounds are recorded.