Colors of AF Frame Change during Shooting
09-Feb-2011
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Solution
When shooting still images, the colors of the [AF Frame] change as follows.
| What the color represents | |
|---|---|
 (Green) | When the |
 (Yellow) | When the In this case, the (  ) icon appears on the lower right of the [AF Frame].
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 (Blue) | When the camera is tracking the subject while the For the shooting modes in which [Servo AF] works, please refer to the following table. *1: Servo AF is a function that tracks the subject and continually adjusts the focus and the exposure while the shutter button is pressed halfway. This function is not available for PowerShot A800. |
 (Gray) | When the camera detects a person's face, but recognizes that it is not the main subject, up to two gray [AF Frames] are displayed. ([Face AiAF] ([Face Detect] for PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS)) For the shooting modes in which [Face AiAF] or [Face Detect] works, please refer to the following table. |
Please see the table below to check if your camera supports each shooting mode.
... Automatically set to [On]
... When motion is detected, the camera will be set to [On]
... [Servo AF] is not available for this model.
... This shooting mode is not available in this model| Shooting modes in which the function automatically works | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Servo AF]*2 | [Face AiAF] ([Face Detect] for PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS)*3 | |||||||
 |  | |  |  |  |  |  | |
| PowerShot ELPH 100 HS / IXUS 115 HS PowerShot ELPH 300 HS / IXUS 220HS PowerShot ELPH 500 HS / IXUS 310 HS | | | | | | | | |
| PowerShot A800 | | | | | | | | |
| PowerShot A1200 PowerShot A2200 PowerShot A3200 IS PowerShot A3300 IS | | | | | | | | |
| PowerShot SX220 HS PowerShot SX230 HS | | | | | | | | |
*3 If [AF Frame] is set to [Face AiAF] or [Face Detect], the function works even if the shooting mode is other than listed above.