Easily Reacquiring Subjects after Manual Zooming (Framing Assist – Seek) (PowerShot G3 X)
30-Apr-2015
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Solution
If you lose track of a subject while zoomed in, you can find it more easily by temporarily zooming out.
1. Press the power button to turn the camera on.
2. Press and hold the [ 
] button.
] button.
The camera zooms out and displays a white frame around the area previously shown (before you pressed the [ ] button).
] button).
3. Aim the camera so that the subject enters the white frame, and then release the [ ] button.
] button.- The previous magnification is now restored, so that the area outlined in white fills the screen again.
IMPORTANT
- 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.
NOTE
- If you prefer to shoot at the zoom factor of the screen in step 2, press the shutter button all the way down.
- You can adjust the zoom factor that the camera will revert to when you release the [ ] button by moving the zoom lever to resize the white frame while you hold the [ ] button.
- To adjust how much the camera zooms out when the [ ] button is pressed, access the [MENU] button and choose one of the three options in [ Display Area] on the [
7 ] tab. - The zoom factor cannot be changed with the [ ] button after you press the shutter button all the way down in self-timer mode.