Hi Adey, try this..firstly you need to turn the magnified view on for manual focus,then turn the dial nearest the viewfinder then it should give you different size focus boxes,14x magnification is the smallest box,then leave it there.It will reset to larger size when you turn the camera off but as i said just one press of a function button i have smallest box.Its difficult to explain this in more detail as i have not bothered loading the instructions to my computer as i know my way around a camera.