Canon PowerShot SX540 HS Manual

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When distant subjects are too far away to enlarge using the optical zoom, 

use digital zoom for up to about 200x enlargement.

 

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Hold the lever until zooming stops.

 

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Zooming stops at the largest possible zoom 

factor (before the image becomes noticeably 

grainy), which is then indicated on the screen.

 

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The camera zooms in even closer on the 

subject.

 

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(1) is the current zoom factor.

 

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Moving the zoom lever will display the zoom bar which indicates 
the zoom position. The color of the zoom bar will change 
depending on the zoom range.

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White range: optical zoom range where the image will not appear grainy.

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Yellow range: digital zoom range where the image is not 
noticeably grainy (ZoomPlus).

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Blue range: digital zoom range where the image will appear grainy.

 

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Because the blue range will not be available at some resolution 
settings (= 50), the maximum zoom factor can be achieved by 
following step 1.

(1)

In [

] mode, a variety of frames are displayed once the camera 

detects subjects you are aiming the camera at.

 

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A white frame is displayed around the subject (or person’s face) 

determined by the camera to be the main subject, and gray frames are 

displayed around other detected faces. Frames follow moving subjects 

within a certain range to keep them in focus.  

However, if the camera detects subject movement, only the white 

frame will remain on the screen.

 

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When you are pressing the shutter button halfway and the camera 

detects subject movement, a blue frame is displayed, and the focus 

and image brightness are constantly adjusted (Servo AF).

 

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Try shooting in [ ] mode (= 68) if no frames are displayed, if 
frames are not displayed around desired subjects, or if frames are 
displayed on the background or similar areas.