Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product A57015 Canon
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ENGLISH The Components Guide Preparation Shooting Playback/Erasing Menus and Setti ngs Printing Basic Downloading Images to a Computer CDI-E309-0 10 © 2007 CANON INC. PRINTED IN MALAYSIA Camera User Guide Please Read This First This guide ex plains how to prepare the c amera and use its basic featur es.
The following guides are available. Refer to them as necessary according to the flowchart below. In this guide, the Basic Camera Us er Guide is called the Basic Guide , and the Advanced Camera Us er Guide is called the Advanced Guide .
1 The Componen ts Guide Front View a Microphone ( Advanc ed Guide p. 71) b AF-assist Beam ( Advanced G uide p. 21) c Red-Eye Reduction Lamp ( Advanced Guide p. 28) d Self-Timer Lamp (p. 14) e Viewfinder Window ( Adv anced Guide p. 16) f Flash (p. 12) g Terminal Cover h A/V OUT (Audio/Video output) Terminal ( Advanced G uide p.
2 Back View a LCD Monitor ( Advanced Guide p. 12) b Viewfinder ( Advan ced Guide p. 16) c Speaker d Wrist Strap Moun t e Memory Card Slot / B attery Cover Lock (p. 5 ) f Memory Card Slot / Battery Cover (p. 5) g Tripod Socket It is recomm ended to use t he Wrist St rap to avoid dropping during camera use.
3 The Componen ts Guide Controls a Indicators (p. 4) b Power Lamp c Power Button (p. 8) d Zoom Lever (p. 12, Ad vanced Guide p. 63) Shooting: (Wide Angle)/ (Telephoto) Playback: (Index)/ (Magnify) e Shutter Button (p. 8) f Shooting Mode Dial (pp. 8, 9) g Mode Switch (pp.
4 Indicators The camera indicators will light or blink under the following conditions. • Upper In dicator • Lower Indicator Never do the following while the indicator blinks green.
5 Preparat ions 1. Installing the batteries. 1. Slide the m emory card slo t/battery cover lo ck in the direction of the arrow and open the cover. 2. Insert the 2 su pplied AA-size a lkaline batteries, or separately sold AA-size NiMH batteries. 2. Inserting the Memory Card.
6 To Remove the Memory Card Push the memory card with your finger until the memory card clicks and then release it. You can use SD memory cards, SDHC memory cards and MultiMediaCards with this camera. These cards are collectively called memory ca rds in this guide.
7 Preparat ions First Time Settings Setting the Date/Time 1. Press the power button ( a ). 2. Use the or button to select an item and the or button to change i ts value ( b ). 3. Confirm that the correct time is displayed and press t he FUNC./SET button ( c ).
8 1. Press the p ower button. The start-up sound will play and the st art- up image will display in the LCD monitor. • Pressing the power button again turns the power off. • Pressing the power button while pressing and holding t he DISP. button will turn on the mute setting which will mute all sounds except for warning sounds.
9 Shooti ng 2. Press the shutter button fully to shoot. The s hutt er s ound w ill play and the image wil l recor d. T he indi cator wil l bli nk gr een while the image is recorded t o the me mory card. Reviewing an Image Right After Shooting After a shot is taken, the image appears in the LCD monitor for approximately 2 seconds.
10 Shooting Modes Auto The camera autom atically selects settings. Image zone When a shooting mode appropr iate for the shooti ng conditions i s selected, the camera automati cally adjusts setti ngs for optimal shoo ting. Portrait Blurs the backgrou nd and makes a perso n stand out.
11 Shooti ng Imag e zone Stitch Assi st Allows you to sh oot overlappi ng images that can la ter be merged (stitched ) to create one panoramic i mage on a computer.
12 Using the Zoom 1. Press the zoom l ever toward o r . The zoom can be adjus ted from 35 mm – 140 mm (focal length) in 35mm f ilm equivalent terms. Using the Flash 1. Press the button to sw itch between mo des. Î See the Ad vance d Gui de : Setting the Red -Eye Reduc tion Func tion (p.
13 Shooti ng Shooting Close-ups (Macro) 1. Press the button. To cancel the macro m ode, press the button to turn off the or display. When the LCD monitor is on and flash recharging begins, the indicator blinks orange and the LCD monitor turns off. When recharging ends , the indicator turns off and the LCD monitor turns o n.
14 Using the Self-Timer 1. FUNC. Menu * (Drive Mode) / / . * Default setting. • When the shutter button is pressed fully, the self-timer lamp will blink. W hen setting the red-eye reduction function, the self-timer lamp will blink and then stay lit for t he last 2 seconds.
15 Shooti ng Changing the Delay Time and Number of Shots () 1. FUNC. Menu (Drive M ode) (Custom Timer). 2. Press the MENU butto n. 3. Select [Delay] or [Shots] using the or button and change the se ttings usi ng the or button and press the FUNC./SET button .
16 1. Set the mode switch to (playback)( a ) . The last rec orded image w ill display. If you have p layed back images between shooting sessions however , the last image viewed will display (R esume Playback) instead of the last recorded image.
17 Playback/ Erasing 1. In the playbac k mode, use the or button to sele ct an image to erase ( a ) and pre ss the bu tton ( b ). 2. Confirm that [Erase ] is selecte d and press the FUNC./SET button ( c ). To exit instead of erasing, select [Cancel]. Erasing Please note that erased images cannot be recovered.
18 Settings for the shooting, playback or print modes or such camera settings as the date/time and sounds are set using t he FUNC., Rec., Play, Print or Set up m enu. FUNC. Menu This menu sets many of the common shooting functions. a Set t he mode s witch t o (sho oting) .
19 Menus and Setti ngs Rec., Play, Print and Set up Menus Convenient settings for shooting, playback or printing can be set with these menus. a Press the MENU button. b Use the or button to switch between menus. • You can also use the zoom lever to switch between menus.
20 Connect the camera to a direct print compatible printer* 1 with a cable and simply pres s the button o n the camera. 1. Connect the camera to a dir ec t print compatib le printer and turn on the printer’s po wer.
21 Printi ng 2. Turn on the pow er in pl ayback mod e and confirm that , or is dis played in th e upper le ft of the LCD monitor ( a ). • The button will light bl ue. • The displayed icon will vary according to the printer model. • will display for movies .
22 The following methods can be used to download images recorded by the camera to a computer. S ome met hods, depending on the OS used, may not be av ailable.
23 Downloading Image s to a Computer System Requirements Please install the software on a computer meeting the following minimum requirements. Windows Macintosh OS Windows 2000 S ervice P ack .
24 Preparing to Download Images Items to Prepare • Camera and computer • Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk supplied wit h the camera • Interface cable supplied with the camer a 1. Install the so ftware. 1. Place the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk in the computer’s CD-ROM drive.
25 Downloading Image s to a Computer 2. Connecting the camera to a computer. 1. Use the supplied interface cable to connect the computer’s USB port t o the camera’s DIGITAL terminal. Slip your fingernail under the right edge of the camera’s terminal cover, lift it open and plug the interface cab le in all the way.
26 Downloading Images to a Computer A window allowing you to set the preferences will appear when a connection is established between the camer a and computer .
27 Downloading Image s to a Computer 2. Download the images. • D ownload the images using the came ra or the co mputer. • By default, the downloaded images are saved into the [Pictures] or the [My Pictures] folder. Thumbnails (small v ersions) of the downloaded images will display in the ZoomBrowser EX Main Window.
28 Downloading Images to a Computer The following window will appear when you es tablish a connection between the camer a and com puter. If it fails to appear , click the [Canon CameraWindow] icon on the Dock (the ba r which appears at the bottom of the desktop).
29 Downloading Image s to a Computer Downloading Images Using the Cam era (Direct Transfer) Use this meth od to download image s using camera operat ions. Install the supplied software an d adjust the computer set tings before using this method for the first time (p.
30 Select & Transfer/Wallpaper 2. Select or , and press the button ( or the FUNC./SET button) . 3. Select image s to downloa d and press the button (or the FUNC./SET button). • The images will download. The button will blink blue while downloading is in progress.
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Safety Pre caution s Be sure to read, understand and follow the safe ty precautions below when using the ca mera, in order to prevent injury, burns or elect rical shock to yourself and others. Be sure t o also read th e safety precauti ons listed in the Advanced Ca mera User Guide .
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