Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SX150 IS Canon
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Revised 10/01/2012 Over view is handout cov ers the Canon P owerS hot SX150 IS camera and highlights some features and functionality . I t can be used as a basic point-and-shoot digital camera (just set the mode selector dial on the top of the camera to “ A uto ”).
Before y ou shoot checklist W e strongly recommend you follo w these steps every time you check out a camera from the S tudio F oundation cage before you start shooting. Ev entually these will all become second-nature as you prepare for a shoot. 1. P ower on the camer a P ress the ON/OFF switch on the top of the camera.
6. Set the camera to the desired shooting mode e camera is capable of operating in a variety of shooting modes (which you select using the mode selection dial on the top): A UT O : I f this is your rst time shooting digital stills, you will want to keep things as simple as possible and choose the AUT O mode.
and Serv o SF which are described in the U sers Manual. ere ar e a lot of options and settings available to you int his mode, and the best way to learn ho w they can be used creatively is to plow through the manual and experiment with them.
T ransf er media to y our hard driv e or USB ash driv e When you are done shooting, copy y our images from the camera to your o wn hard driv e or USB ash drive.
7. Click on the pop-up menu that appears as “Pictur es ” and navigate to the folder you created in step 4; 8. Select the images you want to transfer and click the “I mport” button, alternativ .
Image resolution and quality settings Digital images ar e made up of a grid of pixels, each r epresenting a tonal value (ranging fr om black to white and a range of hues, saturation, and brightness in between).
Using the camer a in P (Pr ogram) mode Set the mode dial on the top of the camera to P (P rogram) mode. When the camera is in P rogram mode it will focus automatically and set the exposure, ho wever , unlike Auto mode, it allows y ou yo set a variety of F unction Settings that in uence the characteristics of the image.
ese settings can greatly a ff ect the quality of your image. F or the most par t, what is being adjusted to nd a proper exposure is the aperture and the shutter speed. Both settings must work in tandem since they both determine just how much light is allo wed to hit the image sensor .
An important point after buying a device Canon SX150 IS (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Canon SX150 IS yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Canon SX150 IS - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Canon SX150 IS you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Canon SX150 IS will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Canon SX150 IS, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Canon SX150 IS.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Canon SX150 IS. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Canon SX150 IS along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center