If you are shooting a subject at a close distance, and if the subject cannot be easily focused within the normal shooting range, switching the normal mode to the [Macro] (
) mode will make it easier to focus on the subject.

IMPORTANT

• Depending on the [Shooting Mode], there are cases when the [Focus Range] cannot be set.
• The following explanations are provided based on the assumption that the [Shooting Mode] is set to [Program] (
  ).
• The position and shape of the operation buttons, screens displayed, and setting items may differ according to the model you use.
• The edges of the image may darken if the flash fires.

REFERENCE

• You can shoot using the [Touch Shutter] function. Please see the following information for details.

Activating the Touch Shutter function

• If the [Focusing Range] is set to [Macro] (
  ) or [Infinity] (
  ), using the [Touch Shutter] function when the AF frame mode is set to [Face Detect] or [Face AiAF] will return the setting to [Normal] (
  ).

1. Press the

2. Touch [FUNC.] (
).

3. The following screen appears.

Drag the menu on the left up or down, and touch the [Focus Range] to select it.

4. The following screen appears.

Touch [Macro] (
) to select it from the menu on the right, and then touch [Macro] (
) again to set it.

If [Macro] (
) is indicated on the LCD Monitor, the camera is in [Macro] (
) mode.

REFERENCE

• In macro shooting, try attaching the camera to a tripod and shooting with the selftimer to prevent the camera from moving and blurring the image.

NOTE

• The screen indications when operating the ) mode are as follows.

When you move the the [Zoom bar] appears on the screen.

The camera cannot focus in the
yellow portion of the bar (When zooming within the range of the yellow bar,
(
) will be grayed out and shooting will be done in (
).

The shooting distance for each [Focusing Range] is as shown in the following table (from the end of the lens). If you shoot beyond the following ranges, the subject may be out of focus.

Also, the [Focusing Range] cannot be set in some shooting modes. Please see the following table for details.

^{... Focusing Range cannot be set}

^{... This shooting mode is not available in this model}

Model	Shooting distance		Shooting modes in which [Focusing Range] cannot be set
	[Normal] ( )	[Macro] ( )
PowerShot ELPH 530 HS / IXUS 510 HS	5 cm (2.0 in.) ????????? infinity (W)* 1 m (3.3 ft.) ????????? infinity (T)**	1 - 50 cm (0.4 in. ????????? 1.6 ft.) (W)
PowerShot ELPH 320 HS / IXUS 240 HS	5 cm (2.0 in.) ????????? infinity (W) 90 cm (3.0 ft.) ????????? infinity (T)	3 - 50 cm (1.2 in. ????????? 1.6 ft.) (W)

* (W): When turning the toward (
) to the maximum wide angle side (Max. wide angle).
** (T): When turning the toward (
) to the maximum telephoto side (Max. telephoto).

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