Canon POWERSHOT-SX160-IS PowerShot SX

Camera User Guide

• Makesureyoureadthisguide,includingthe“Safety

Precautions”section,beforeusingthecamera.

• Readingthisguidewillhelpyoulearntousethecamera

properly.

• Storethisguidesafelysothatyoucanuseitinthefuture.

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Package Contents

Beforeuse,makesurethefollowingitemsareincludedinthepackage.

Ifanythingismissing,contactyourcameradealer.

Camera

AAAlkalineBatteries(x2)

InterfaceCable

IFC-400PCU

WristStrap

WS-800

DIGITALCAMERA

SolutionDisk

(CD-ROM)

GettingStarted

WarrantyCard

*ContainssoftwareandPDFmanuals(=



25).

• Amemorycardisnotincluded(seebelow).

Compatible Memory Cards

Thefollowingmemorycards(soldseparately)canbeused,regardlessof

capacity.

• SDmemorycards

• SDHCmemorycards

• SDXCmemorycards

• Eye-Ficards

*ConformstoSDspecications.However,notallmemorycardshavebeenveriedto

workwiththecamera.

AboutEye-FiCards

ThisproductisnotguaranteedtosupportEye-Ficardfunctions(including

wirelesstransfer).IncaseofanissuewithanEye-Ficard,pleasecheck

withthecardmanufacturer.

AlsonotethatanapprovalisrequiredtouseEye-Ficardsinmanycountries

orregions.Withoutapproval,useofthecardisnotpermitted.Ifitisunclear

whetherthecardhasbeenapprovedforuseinthearea,pleasecheckwith

thecardmanufacturer.

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Preliminary Notes and Legal Information

• Takeandreviewsometestshotsinitiallytomakesuretheimageswere

recordedcorrectly.PleasenotethatCanonInc.,itssubsidiariesand

afliates,anditsdistributorsarenotliableforanyconsequentialdamages

arisingfromanymalfunctionofacameraoraccessory,includingmemory

cards,thatresultsinthefailureofanimagetoberecordedortobe

recordedinawaythatismachinereadable.

• Imagesrecordedbythecameraareintendedforpersonaluse.Refrain

fromunauthorizedrecordingthatinfringesoncopyrightlaw,andnotethat

evenforpersonaluse,photographymaycontravenecopyrightorother

legalrightsatsomeperformancesorexhibitions,orinsomecommercial

settings.

• Thecamerawarrantyisvalidonlyintheareaofpurchase.Incaseof

cameraproblemswhileabroad,returntotheareaofpurchasebefore

contactingaCanonCustomerSupportHelpDesk.

• AlthoughtheLCDmonitorisproducedunderextremelyhigh-precision

manufacturingconditionsandmorethan99.99%ofthepixelsmeet

designspecications,inrarecasessomepixelsmaybedefectiveormay

appearasredorblackdots.Thisdoesnotindicatecameradamageor

affectrecordedimages.

• TheLCDmonitormaybecoveredwithathinplasticlmforprotection

againstscratchesduringshipment.Ifcovered,removethelmbefore

usingthecamera.

• Whenthecameraisusedoveranextendedperiod,itmaybecomewarm.

Thisdoesnotindicatedamage.

Organization of Camera User Guide

Thefollowingguidesareincluded,eachusedfordifferentpurposes.

BasicGuide(=

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13)

• Givesbasicinstructions,frominitialpreparationstoshooting,playback,

andsavingonacomputer

AdvancedGuide(=



33)

• Practicalguidethatintroducesothercamerabasicsanddescribes

shootingandplaybackoptions

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Part Names and Conventions in This Guide

 Microphone

 Lamp

 Lens

 Zoomlever

 Shooting:<i(telephoto)>/

<j(wideangle)>

 Playback:<k(magnify)>/

<g(index)>

 Strapmount

 Shutterbutton

 Powerbutton

 Modedial

 Flash

 Speaker

 Date/timebatteryholder

 Tripodsocket

 Memorycard/batterycover

 Lockreleaseswitch

 DCcouplercableport

• Inthisguide,iconsareusedtorepresentthecorrespondingcamera

buttonsanddialsonwhichtheyappearorwhichtheyresemble.

• Thefollowingcamerabuttonsandcontrolsarerepresentedbyicons.

<o> Upbutton

onback

<q> Leftbutton onback

<r> Rightbutton onback

 Downbutton onback

<5> Controldial onback

• Shootingmodesandon-screeniconsandtextareindicatedinbrackets.

•

:Importantinformationyoushouldknow

•

:Notesandtipsforexpertcamerause

• =xx:Pageswithrelatedinformation(inthisexample,“xx”representsa

pagenumber)

• Instructionsinthisguideapplytothecameraunderdefaultsettings.

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PartNamesandConventionsinThisGuide

 Screen(LCDmonitor)

<h(Flashup)>button

<b(Exposurecompensation)>/

<a(Singleimageerase)>button

 Moviebutton

<1(Playback)>button

 HDMI

terminal

 DIGITALterminal

< (ISOspeed)>/< (Filter

imagedisplay)>/Upbutton

<e(Macro)>/<f(Manual

focus)>/Leftbutton

 Controldial

 FUNC./SETbutton

<h(Flash)>/Rightbutton

<Q(Self-timer)>/

Downbutton

 Indicator

<l(Display)>button

<n>button

 Turningthecontroldialisonewayto

choosesettingitems,switchimages,and

performotheroperations.Mostofthese

operationsarealsopossiblewiththe

<o><q><r>buttons.

• Forconvenience,allsupportedmemorycardsaresimplyreferredtoas

“thememorycard”.

• Thetabsshownabovetitlesindicatewhetherthefunctionisusedforstill

images,movies,orboth.

StillImages

: Indicatesthatthefunctionisusedwhenshootingor

viewingstillimages.

Movies

: Indicatesthatthefunctionisusedwhenshootingor

viewingmovies.

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Table of Contents

PackageContents.........................2

CompatibleMemoryCards............2

PreliminaryNotesandLegal

Information.....................................3

OrganizationofCameraUser

Guide.............................................3

PartNamesandConventionsin

ThisGuide......................................4

TableofContents...........................6

Contents:BasicOperations...........8

SafetyPrecautions.......................10

Basic Guide .................... 13

InitialPreparations.......................14

TryingtheCameraOut................20

IncludedSoftware,PDF

Manuals.......................................25

Accessories..................................32

Advanced Guide ............. 33

1 CameraBasics.....................33

On/Off..........................................34

ShutterButton..............................35

ShootingModes...........................36

ShootingDisplayOptions............36

FUNC.Menu................................37

MENUMenu................................38

IndicatorDisplay..........................40

Clock............................................40

2 SmartAutoMode.................41

Shooting(SmartAuto).................42

Common,ConvenientFeatures...49

ImageCustomizationFeatures....54

HelpfulShootingFeatures...........59

CustomizingCamera

Operation.....................................62

3 OtherShootingModes........65

Brightness/ColorCustomization

(LiveViewControl).......................66

SpecicScenes...........................67

SpecialModesforOther

Purposes......................................69

ImageEffects(CreativeFilters)...71

DiscreetMode..............................76

ShootingVariousMovies.............77

4 PMode..................................79

ShootinginProgramAEMode

(Mode)..................................80

ImageBrightness(Exposure

Compensation)............................81

ColorandContinuousShooting...84

ShootingRangeandFocusing....90

Flash............................................98

OtherSettings............................101

5 Tv,Av,andMMode............103

SpecicShutterSpeeds(<Tv>

Mode).........................................104

SpecicApertureValues(<Av>

Mode).........................................105

SpecicShutterSpeedsand

ApertureValues(<M>Mode).....106

6 PlaybackMode..................109

Viewing...................................... 110

BrowsingandFiltering

Images....................................... 114

ImageViewingOptions.............. 117

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TableofContents

ProtectingImages......................120

ErasingImages..........................124

RotatingImages.........................127

ImageCategories......................129

EditingStillImages....................133

EditingMovies............................139

7 SettingMenu......................141

AdjustingBasicCamera

Functions...................................142

8 Accessories.......................155

ReplacingtheDate/Time

Battery........................................156

OptionalAccessories.................157

UsingOptionalAccessories.......159

PrintingImages..........................166

UsinganEye-FiCard.................179

9 Appendix............................181

Troubleshooting.........................182

On-ScreenMessages................186

On-ScreenInformation..............188

FunctionsandMenuTables.......192

HandlingPrecautions.................202

Specications.............................203

Index..........................................207

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Contents: Basic Operations

4 Shoot

 Usecamera-determinedsettings(AutoMode).................................... 42

Shootingpeoplewell

Portraits



67)

AgainstSnow

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68)

Matchingspecicscenes

LowLight



67)

Fireworks



68)

Applyingspecialeffects

VividColors



71)

PosterEffect



71)

Fish-EyeEffect



72)

MiniatureEffect



72)

ToyCameraEffect



74)

Monochrome



75)

 Wheresoundandasharenotallowed(DiscreetMode).................... 76

 Whileadjustingimagesettings(LiveViewControl)............................. 66

 Focusonfaces......................................................................... 42,67,93

 Withmyselfintheshot(Self-Timer)............................................... 50,69

 Adddatestamps.................................................................................. 52

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Contents:BasicOperations

1 View

 Viewimages(PlaybackMode)............................................................110

 Automaticplayback(Slideshow).........................................................118

 OnaTV.............................................................................................. 159

 Onacomputer..................................................................................... 26

 Browsethroughimagesquickly..........................................................114

 Eraseimages..................................................................................... 124

E Shoot/ViewMovies

 Shootmovies................................................................................. 42,77

 Viewmovies(PlaybackMode)............................................................110

c Print

 Printpictures...................................................................................... 166

  Save

 Saveimagestoacomputer................................................................. 26

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Safety Precautions

• Beforeusingtheproduct,pleaseensurethatyoureadthesafetyprecautions

describedbelow.Alwaysensurethattheproductisusedcorrectly.

• Thesafetyprecautionsnotedonthefollowingpagesareintendedtoprevent

injuriestoyourselfandotherpersons,ordamagetotheequipment.

• Besuretoalsochecktheguidesincludedwithanyseparatelysold

accessoriesyouuse.

Warning

Denotesthepossibilityofseriousinjuryordeath.

• Donottriggertheashincloseproximitytopeople’seyes.

Exposuretotheintenselightproducedbytheashcoulddamageeyesight.

Inparticular,remainatleast1meter(39inches)awayfrominfantswhen

usingtheash.

• Storethisequipmentoutofthereachofchildrenandinfants.

Strap:Puttingthestraparoundachild’sneckcouldresultinasphyxiation.

Date/timebattery:Dangerousifswallowed.Ifthisoccurs,contactadoctor

immediately.

• Useonlyrecommendedpowersources.

• Donotattempttodisassemble,alterorapplyheattotheproduct.

• Avoiddroppingorsubjectingtheproducttosevereimpacts.

• Toavoidtheriskofinjury,donottouchtheinterioroftheproductif

ithasbeendroppedorotherwisedamaged.

• Stopusingtheproductimmediatelyifitemitssmoke,astrange

smell,orotherwisebehavesabnormally.

• Donotuseorganicsolventssuchasalcohol,benzine,orthinnerto

cleantheproduct.

• Donotlettheproductcomeintocontactwithwater(e.g.seawater)

orotherliquids.

• Donotallowliquidsorforeignobjectstoenterthecamera.

Thiscouldresultinelectricalshockorre.

Ifliquidsorforeignobjectscomeintocontactwiththecamerainterior,

immediatelyturnthecameraoffandremovethebatteries.

• Useonlytherecommendedbatteries.

• Donotplacethebatteriesnearorindirectame.

Thebatteriesmayexplodeorleak,resultinginelectricalshockorre.This

couldcauseinjuryanddamagethesurroundings.Intheeventthatbatteries

leakandthebatteryelectrolytecontactseyes,mouth,skinorclothing,

immediatelyushwithwater.

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SafetyPrecautions

• Turnthecameraoffinplaceswherecamerauseisprohibited.

Theelectromagneticwavesemittedbythecameramayinterferewiththe

operationofelectronicinstrumentsandotherdevices.Exerciseadequate

cautionwhenusingthecamerainplaceswhereuseofelectronicdevicesis

restricted,suchasinsideairplanesandmedicalfacilities.

• DonotplaythesuppliedCD-ROM(s)inanyCDplayerthatdoesnot

supportdataCD-ROMs.

Itispossibletosufferhearinglossfromlisteningwithheadphonestothe

loudsoundsofaCD-ROMplayedonanaudioCDplayer(musicplayer).

Additionally,thiscoulddamagethespeakers.

Caution

Denotesthepossibilityofinjury.

• Whenholdingthecamerabythestrap,becarefulnottobangit,

subjectittostrongimpactsorshocks,orletitgetcaughtonother

objects.

• Becarefulnottobumporpushstronglyonthelens.

Thiscouldleadtoinjuryordamagethecamera.

• Becarefulnottosubjectthescreentostrongimpacts.

Ifthescreencracks,injurymayresultfromthebrokenfragments.

• Whenusingtheash,becarefulnottocoveritwithyourngersor

clothing.

Thiscouldresultinburnsordamagetotheash.

• Avoidusing,placingorstoringtheproductinthefollowingplaces:

-Placessubjecttostrongsunlight

-Placessubjecttotemperaturesabove40°C(104°F)

-Humidordustyareas

Thesecouldcauseleakage,overheatingoranexplosionofthebatteries,

resultinginelectricalshock,re,burnsorotherinjuries.

• Theslideshowtransitioneffectsmaycausediscomfortwhenviewed

forprolongedperiods.

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SafetyPrecautions

Caution

Denotesthepossibilityofdamagetotheequipment.

• Donotaimthecameraatbrightlightsources(suchasthesunona

clearday).

Doingsomaydamagetheimagesensor.

• Whenusingthecameraonabeachoratawindylocation,becareful

nottoallowdustorsandtoenterthecamera.

Thismaycausetheproducttomalfunction.

• Inregularuse,smallamountsofsmokemaybeemittedfromthe

ash.

Thisisduetothehighintensityoftheashburningdustandforeign

materialsstucktothefrontoftheunit.Pleaseuseacottonswabtoremove

dirt,dustorotherforeignmatterfromtheashtopreventheatbuild-upand

damagetotheunit.

• Removeandstorethebatterieswhenyouarenotusingthecamera.

Ifthebatteriesareleftinsidethecamera,damagecausedbyleakagemay

occur.

• Beforeyoudiscardthebatteries,covertheterminalswithtapeor

otherinsulators.

Contactingothermetalmaterialsmayleadtoreorexplosions.

• Donotchargebatteriesofdifferenttypesatthesametime,oruse

olderbatteriestogetherwithnewerbatteries.

• Donotinsertthebatterieswiththe+and–terminalsreversed.

Thismaycausetheproducttomalfunction.

• Whenputtingthecamerainyourbag,ensurethathardobjectsdo

notcomeintocontactwiththescreen.

• Donotattachanyhardobjectstothecamera.

Doingsomaycausemalfunctionsordamagethescreen.

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Basic Guide

Givesbasicinstructions,frominitial

preparationstoshooting,playback,and

savingonacomputer

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Initial Preparations

Prepareforshootingasfollows.

Attaching the Strap

 Threadtheendofthestrapthroughthe

straphole(

),andthenpulltheother

endofthestrapthroughthelooponthe

threadedend(

 Thestrapcanalsobeattachedtotheleft

sideofthecamera.

Holding the Camera

 Placethestraparoundyourwrist.

 Whenshooting,keepyourarmscloseto

yourbodyandholdthecamerasecurely

topreventitfrommoving.Ifyouhave

raisedtheash,donotrestyourngers

onit.

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Inserting the Batteries and Memory Card

Inserttheincludedbatteriesandamemorycard(soldseparately).

Notethatbeforeusinganewmemorycard(oramemorycardformattedin

anotherdevice),youshouldformatthememorycardwiththiscamera(=146).

1 Checkthecard’swrite-protect

tab.

 Recordingisnotpossibleonmemorycards

withawrite-protecttabwhenthetabisinthe

locked(downward)position.Slidethetabup

untilitclicksintotheunlockedposition.

2 Openthecover.

 Slidetheswitch( )andopenthecover

(

3 Insertthebatteries.

 Insertthebatteriesasshown.

Label

4 Insertthememorycard.

 Insertthememorycardfacingasshown

untilitclicksintothelockedposition.

 Makesurethememorycardisfacingthe

rightwaywhenyouinsertit.Inserting

memorycardsfacingthewrongwaymay

damagethecamera.

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InitialPreparations

5 Closethecover.

 Lowerthecover( )andholditdownas

youslideit,untilitclicksintotheclosed

position(

CompatibleBatteries

UseAAalkalinebatteriesorCanonAANiMHbatteries(soldseparately,



157).

• Duetotheinconsistentperformanceofotherbatteries,useofspecied

batteriesonlyisrecommended.

• NiMHbatterieslastlongerincamerasthanalkalinebatteriesdo,especially

incoldweather.

• Forguidelinesonhowmanyshotsorhoursofrecordingarepossiblewith

variousbatteries,see“Specications”(=



203).

RemovingtheMemoryCard

 Openthecoverandpushthememory

cardinuntilitclicks,andthenslowly

releasethememorycard.

 Thememorycardwillpopup.

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InitialPreparations

Setting the Date and Time

Setthecurrentdateandtimecorrectlyasfollowsifthe[Date/Time]screen

isdisplayedwhenyouturnthecameraon.Informationyouspecifythisway

isrecordedinimagepropertieswhenyoushoot,anditisusedwhenyou

manageimagesbyshootingdateorprintimagesshowingthedate.

Youcanalsoaddadatestamptoshots,ifyouwish(=



52).

1 Turnthecameraon.

 Pressthepowerbutton.

 The[Date/Time]screenisdisplayed.

2 Setthedateandtime.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonstochoosean

option.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtospecifythedateandtime.

 Whennished,pressthe<m>button.

3 Setthehometimezone.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseyourhometime

zone.

4 Finishthesetupprocess.

 Pressthe<m>buttonwhennished.

Afteraconrmationmessage,thesetting

screenisnolongerdisplayed.

 Toturnoffthecamera,pressthepowerbutton.

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• Unlessyousetthedate,time,andhometimezone,the[Date/

Time]screenwillbedisplayedeachtimeyouturnthecameraon.

Specifythecorrectinformation.

• Tosetdaylightsavingtime(1hourahead),choose[ ]instep2andthen

choose[

]bypressingthe<o>buttonsorturningthe<5>dial.

ChangingtheDateandTime

Adjustthedateandtimeasfollows.

1 Accessthecameramenu.

 Pressthe<n>button.

2 Choose[Date/Time].

 Movethezoomlevertochoosethe[3]

tab.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[Date/Time],and

thenpressthe<m>button.

3 Changethedateandtime.

 Followstep2on=17toadjustthesettings.

 Pressthe<n>buttontoclosethemenu.

• Oncethedate/timebatteryisdepleted,the[Date/Time]screenwillbedisplayedwhen

youturnthecameraon.Followthestepson=17tosetthedateandtime.

• Ifthe[Date/Time]screenisdisplayedeachtimeyouturnthecameraon,

evenafteryouhavesetthedateandtimecorrectly,replacethedate/time

batterywithanewone(=



156).

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InitialPreparations

Display Language

Thedisplaylanguagecanbechangedasneeded.

1 EnterPlaybackmode.

 Pressthe<1>button.

2 Accessthesettingscreen.

 Pressandholdthe<m>button,and

thenimmediatelypressthe<n>

button.

3 Setthedisplaylanguage.

 Pressthe<o><q><r>buttonsor

turnthe<5>dialtochoosealanguage,

andthenpressthe<m>button.

 Oncethedisplaylanguagehasbeenset,

thesettingscreenisnolongerdisplayed.

• Thecurrenttimeisdisplayedifyouwaittoolonginstep2afterpressing

the<m>buttonbeforeyoupressthe<n>button.Inthiscase,

pressthe<m>buttontodismissthetimedisplayandrepeatstep2.

• Youcanalsochangethedisplaylanguagebypressingthe<n>button

andchoosing[Language

]onthe[3]tab.

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StillImages Movies



Trying the Camera Out

Followtheseinstructionstoturnthecameraon,shootstillimagesor

movies,andthenviewthem.

Shooting (Smart Auto)

Forfullyautomaticselectionoftheoptimalsettingsforspecicscenes,

simplyletthecameradeterminethesubjectandshootingconditions.

1 Turnthecameraon.

 Pressthepowerbutton.

 Thestartupscreenisdisplayed.

2 Enter<A>mode.

 Setthemodedialto<A>.

 Aimthecameraatthesubject.The

camerawillmakeaslightclickingnoise

asitdeterminesthescene.

 Iconsrepresentingthesceneandimage

stabilizationmodearedisplayedinthe

upperrightofthescreen.

 Framesdisplayedaroundanydetected

subjectsindicatethattheyareinfocus.

3 Composetheshot.

 Tozoominandenlargethesubject,move

thezoomlevertoward(telephoto),

andtozoomawayfromthesubject,move

ittoward<j>(wideangle).

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4 Shoot.

ShootingStillImages

Focus.

 Presstheshutterbuttonlightly,halfway

down.Thecamerabeepstwiceafter

focusing,andgreenframesaredisplayed

toindicateimageareasinfocus.

 If[Raisetheash]appearsonthescreen,

pressthe<h>buttontoraisetheash.It

willrewhenshooting.Ifyouprefernot

tousetheash,pushitdownwithyour

nger,intothecamera.

Shoot.

 Presstheshutterbuttonalltheway

down.

 Asthecamerashoots,ashuttersound

isplayed,andinlow-lightconditions,the

ashresautomatically.

 Keepthecamerastilluntiltheshutter

soundends.

 Yourshotremainsdisplayedonthe

screenforabouttwoseconds.

 Evenwhiletheshotisdisplayed,youcan

takeanothershotbypressingtheshutter

buttonagain.

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ElapsedTime

ShootingMovies

Startshooting.

 Pressthemoviebutton.Thecamera

beepsonceasrecordingbegins,and

[

Rec]isdisplayedwiththeelapsedtime.

 Blackbarsdisplayedonthetopand

bottomedgesofthescreenindicate

imageareasnotrecorded.

 Framesdisplayedaroundanydetected

facesindicatethattheyareinfocus.

 Oncerecordingbegins,youcantakeyour

ngeroffthemoviebutton.

Finishshooting.

 Pressthemoviebuttonagaintostop

shooting.Thecamerabeepstwiceas

recordingstops.

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Viewing

Aftershootingimagesormovies,youcanviewthemonthescreenas

follows.

1 EnterPlaybackmode.

 Pressthe<1>button.

 Yourlastshotisdisplayed.

2 Browsethroughyourimages.

 Toviewthepreviousimage,press

the<q>buttonorturnthe<5>dial

counterclockwise.Toviewthenext

image,pressthe<r>buttonorturnthe

<5>dialclockwise.

 Pressandholdthe<q><r>buttonsto

browsethroughimagesquickly.Images

appeargrainyatthistime.

 ToaccessScrollDisplaymode,turn

the<5>dialrapidly.Inthismode,

turnthe<5>dialtobrowsethrough

images.

 Toreturntosingle-imagedisplay,press

the<m>button.

 Moviesareidentiedbya[ ]icon.To

playmovies,gotostep3.

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TryingtheCameraOut

Volume

3 Playmovies.

 Pressthe<m>buttontoaccessthe

moviecontrolpanel,choose[

](either

pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dial),andthenpressthe<m>

buttonagain.

 Playbacknowbegins,andafterthemovie

isnished,[

]isdisplayed.

 Toadjustthevolume,pressthe<o>

buttons.

• ToswitchtoShootingmodefromPlaybackmode,presstheshutterbutton

halfway.

ErasingtheImages

Youcanchooseanderaseunneededimagesonebyone.Becarefulwhen

erasingimages,becausetheycannotberecovered.

1 Chooseanimagetoerase.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage.

2 Erasetheimage.

 Pressthe<a>button.

 After[Erase?]isdisplayed,pressthe

<q><r>buttonsorturnthe<5>dialto

choose[Erase],andthenpressthe<m>

button.

 Thecurrentimageisnowerased.

 Tocancelerasure,pressthe<q><r>

buttonsorturnthe<5>dialtochoose

[Cancel],andthenpressthe<m>

button.

• Youcanalsoeraseallimagesatonce(=



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Included Software, PDF Manuals

ThesoftwareandPDFmanualsontheincludedDIGITALCAMERASolution

Disk(CD-ROM)(=



2)areintroducedbelow,withinstructionsfor

installation,andsavingimagestoacomputer.

Software

AfterinstallingthesoftwareontheCD-ROM,youcandothefollowing

thingsonyourcomputer.

CameraWindow

 Importimagesandchangecamerasettings

ImageBrowserEX

 Manageimages:view,search,andorganize

 Printandeditimages

AutoUpdateFunction

Usingtheincludedsoftware,youcanupdatetothelatestversion,and

downloadnewfunctionsviatheInternet(somesoftwareexcluded).Besure

toinstallthesoftwareonacomputerwithanInternetconnectionsoyoucan

usethisfunction.

• Internetaccessisrequiredtousethisfunction,andanyISP

accountchargesandaccessfeesmustbepaidseparately.

PDF Manuals

CameraUserGuide

 Refertothisguideforamorein-depthunderstandingofcamera

operation.

SoftwareGuide

 Refertothisguidewhenusingtheincludedsoftware.Theguidecanbe

accessedfromthehelpsystemofincludedsoftware(somesoftware

excluded).

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System Requirements

Theincludedsoftwarecanbeusedonthefollowingcomputers.Adobe

ReaderisrequiredtoviewthePDFmanuals.

Operating

System

Windows Macintosh

Windows7SP1

WindowsVistaSP2

WindowsXPSP3

MacOSX10.6–10.7

Computer

Computersrunningoneoftheaboveoperatingsystems

(preinstalled),withanincludedUSBportandInternetconnection

Processor

Stillimages:

1.6GHzorhigher

Movies:

Core2Duo1.66GHzorhigher

MacOSX10.7:

Core2Duoorhigher

MacOSX10.6:

CoreDuo1.83GHzorhigher

RAM

Stillimages

Windows7(64bit):2GBor

Windows7(32bit),Vista:1GB

ormore

WindowsXP:512MBormore

Movies

1GBormore

MacOSX10.7:2GBormore

MacOSX10.6:1GBormore

Interfaces USB

FreeHardDisk

Space

440MBormore

550MBormore

Display 1024x768resolutionorhigher

*Silverlight4orlater(max.100MB)mustbeinstalled,andinWindowsXP,Microsoft

.NETFramework3.0orlater(max.500MB)mustbeinstalled.Installationmaytake

sometime,dependingoncomputerperformance.

• ChecktheCanonwebsiteforthelatestsystemrequirements,including

supportedOSversions.

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Installing the Software

Windows7andMacOSX10.6areusedhereforthesakeofillustration.

Usingthesoftwareautoupdatefunction,youcanupdatetothelatest

versionanddownloadnewfunctionsviatheInternet(somesoftware

excluded),sobesuretoinstallthesoftwareonacomputerwithanInternet

connection.

1 InserttheCD-ROMinthe

computer’sCD-ROMdrive.

 InserttheincludedCD-ROM(DIGITAL

CAMERASolutionDisk)(=



2)inthe

computer’sCD-ROMdrive.

 OnaMacintoshcomputer,afterinserting

thedisc,double-clickthedesktopdiscicon

toopenit,andthendouble-clickthe[

]

icondisplayed.

2 Begintheinstallation.

 Click[EasyInstallation]andfollowthe

on-screeninstructionstocompletethe

installationprocess.

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3 Whenamessageisdisplayed

promptingyoutoconnect

thecamera,connectittoa

computer.

 Withthecameraturnedoff,openthe

cover(

).Withthesmallerplugofthe

includedinterfacecable(=



2)inthe

orientationshown,inserttheplugfully

intothecameraterminal(

 Insertthelargerplugoftheinterface

cableinthecomputer’sUSBport.For

detailsaboutUSBconnectionsonthe

computer,refertothecomputeruser

manual.

4 Installtheles.

 Turnthecameraon,andfollowthe

on-screeninstructionstocompletethe

installationprocess.

 ThesoftwarewillconnecttotheInternet

toupdatetothelatestversionand

downloadnewfunctions.Installationmay

takesometime,dependingoncomputer

performanceandtheInternetconnection.

 Click[Finish]or[Restart]onthescreen

afterinstallationandremovetheCD-

ROMwhenthedesktopisdisplayed.

 Turnthecameraoffanddisconnectthe

cable.

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• WhennotconnectedtotheInternet,therearethefollowinglimitations.

-Thescreeninstep3willnotbedisplayed.

-Somefunctionsmaynotbeinstalled.

• Thersttimeyouconnectthecameratothecomputer,driverswillbe

installed,soitmaytakeafewminutesuntilcameraimagesareaccessible.

• IfyouhaveseveralcamerasthatwerebundledwithImageBrowserEXon

theincludedCD-ROMs,besuretouseeachcamerawiththeirincludedCD-

ROMandfollowtheon-screeninstallationinstructionsforeach.Doingsowill

ensurethateachcamerawillreceivethecorrectupdatesandnewfunctions

viatheautoupdatefunction.

Saving Images to a Computer

Windows7andMacOSX10.6areusedhereforthesakeofillustration.

1 Connectthecameratothe

computer.

 Followstep3on=



28toconnectthe

cameratoacomputer.

2 Turnthecameraontoaccess

CameraWindow.

 Pressthe

<1>

buttontoturnthecameraon.

 OnaMacintoshcomputer,CameraWindow

isdisplayedwhenaconnectionisestablished

betweenthecameraandcomputer.

 ForWindows,followthestepsintroduced

below.

 Inthescreenthatdisplays,clickthe[ ]

linktomodifytheprogram.

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 Choose[DownloadsImagesFromCanon

CamerausingCanonCameraWindow]

andthenclick[OK].

 Doubleclick[ ].

CameraWindow

3 Savetheimagestothe

computer.

 Click[ImportImagesfromCamera],and

thenclick[ImportUntransferredImages].

 ImagesarenowsavedtothePictures

folderonthecomputer,inseparate

foldersnamedbydate.

 Afterimagesaresaved,close

CameraWindow,pressthe<1>button

toturnthecameraoff,andunplugthe

cable.

 Forinstructionsonviewingimageson

acomputer,refertothe

SoftwareGuide



25).

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• InWindows7,ifthescreeninstep2isnotdisplayed,clickthe[ ]iconin

thetaskbar.

• TostartCameraWindowinWindowsVistaorXP,click[DownloadsImages

FromCanonCamerausingCanonCameraWindow]onthescreendisplayed

whenyouturnthecameraoninstep2.IfCameraWindowisnotdisplayed,

clickthe[Start]menuandchoose[AllPrograms]

►

[CanonUtilities]

►



[CameraWindow]

►

[CameraWindow].

• OnaMacintoshcomputer,ifCameraWindowisnotdisplayedafterstep2,

clickthe[CameraWindow]iconintheDock(thebaratthebottomofthe

desktop).

• Althoughyoucansaveimagestoacomputersimplybyconnectingyour

cameratothecomputerwithoutusingtheincludedsoftware,thefollowing

limitationsapply.

-Itmaytakeafewminutesafteryouconnectthecameratothecomputer

untilcameraimagesareaccessible.

-Imagesshotinverticalorientationmaybesavedinhorizontalorientation.

-Imageprotectionsettingsmaybeclearedfromimagessavedtoa

computer.

-Someproblemsmayoccurwhensavingimagesorimageinformation,

dependingontheoperatingsystemversion,thesoftwareinuse,orimage

lesizes.

-Somefunctionsprovidedbytheincludedsoftwaremaynotbeavailable,

suchaseditingmoviesorreturningimagestothecamera.

Using the PDF Manuals

CameraUserGuide

 Accessthisguidebydouble-clickingthedesktopshortcuticon.

SoftwareGuide

 Theguidecanbeaccessedfromthehelpsystemofincludedsoftware

(somesoftwareexcluded).

• ItmaynotbepossibletoinstallthePDFmanualsoncomputersthatdo

notmeetthesystemrequirements(=



26).However,youcanviewthe

manualsonacomputerthatsupportsAdobeReaderbycopyingthePDF

lesintheReadmefolderontheCD-ROMdirectlytoaconvenientlocation

onthecomputer.

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Accessories

WristStrap

WS-800

AAAlkaline

Batteries(x2)

DIGITAL

CAMERA

SolutionDisk

InterfaceCableIFC-400PCU

MemoryCard CardReader Windows/

Macintosh

Computer

TV/

VideoSystem

ACAdapterKit

ACK800

Batteryand

ChargerKit

CBK4-300

Included

Accessories

Power

Cable

HDMICableHTC-100

StereoAVCableAVC-DC400ST

FlashUnit

CanonPictBridge-

CompatiblePrinters

High-Power

Flash

HF-DC2

*1Alsoavailableforpurchaseseparately.

*2High-PowerFlashHF-DC1alsosupported.

*3DCCouplerDR-DC10isrequired.

UseofgenuineCanonaccessoriesisrecommended.

Thisproductisdesignedtoachieveexcellentperformancewhenusedwithgenuine

Canonaccessories.

Canonshallnotbeliableforanydamagetothisproductand/oraccidentssuchasre,

etc.,causedbythemalfunctionofnon-genuineCanonaccessories(e.g.,aleakage

and/orexplosionofabatterypack).Pleasenotethatthiswarrantydoesnotapplyto

repairsarisingoutofthemalfunctionofnon-genuineCanonaccessories,althoughyou

mayrequestsuchrepairsonachargeablebasis.

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Camera Basics

Practicalguidethatintroducesothercamerabasicsand

describesshootingandplaybackoptions

Advanced Guide

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On/Off

ShootingMode

 Pressthepowerbuttontoturnthe

cameraonandprepareforshooting.

 Toturnthecameraoff,pressthepower

buttonagain.

PlaybackMode

 Pressthe<1>buttontoturnthecamera

onandviewyourshots.

 Toturnthecameraoff,pressthe<1>

buttonagain.

• ToswitchtoPlaybackmodefromShootingmode,pressthe<1>button.

• ToswitchtoShootingmodefromPlaybackmode,presstheshutterbutton

halfway(=



35).

• Thelenswillberetractedafteraboutoneminuteoncethecameraisin

Playbackmode.Youcanturnthecameraoffwhenthelensisretractedby

pressingthe<1>button.

Power-Saving Features (Auto Power Down)

Asawaytoconservebatterypower,thecameraautomaticallydeactivates

thescreen(DisplayOff)andthenturnsitselfoffafteraspecicperiodof

inactivity.

PowerSavinginShootingMode

Thescreenisautomaticallydeactivatedafteraboutoneminuteofinactivity.

Inabouttwomoreminutes,thelensisretractedandthecameraturnsitself

off.Toactivatethescreenandprepareforshootingwhenthescreenisoff

butthelensisstillout,presstheshutterbuttonhalfway(=



35).

PowerSavinginPlaybackMode

Thecameraturnsitselfoffautomaticallyafteraboutveminutesof

inactivity.

• Adjustthetimingofautomaticcameraandscreendeactivationasneeded



149).

• Powersavingisnotactivewhilethecameraisconnectedtoacomputer



28).

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Shutter Button

Toensureyourshotsareinfocus,alwayspresstheshutterbuttonlightly

(halfway)initially.Oncethesubjectisinfocus,pressthebuttonalltheway

downtoshoot.

Inthismanual,shutterbuttonoperationsaredescribedaspressingthe

buttonhalfwayorall the way down.

1 Presshalfway.(Presslightlyto

focus.)

 Presstheshutterbuttonhalfway.The

camerabeepstwice,andAFframesare

displayedaroundimageareasinfocus.

2 Pressallthewaydown.(From

thehalfwayposition,pressfully

toshoot.)

 Thecamerashoots,asashuttersound

isplayed.

 Keepthecamerastilluntiltheshutter

soundends.

• Imagesmaybeoutoffocusifyoushootwithoutinitiallypressing

theshutterbuttonhalfway.

• Lengthofshuttersoundplaybackvariesdependingonthetime

requiredfortheshot.Itmaytakelongerinsomeshootingscenes,

andimageswillbeblurryifyoumovethecamera(orthesubject

moves)beforetheshuttersoundends.

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Shooting Modes

Usethemodedialtoaccesseachshootingmode.

P,Tv,Av,andMModes

Takeavarietyofshots

usingyourpreferred

settings(=



79,103).

MovieMode

Forshootingmovies



77).

Youcanalsoshoot

movieswhenthemode

dialisnotsettoMovie

mode,simplybypressing

themoviebutton.

AutoMode

Fullyautomaticshooting,with

camera-determinedsettings



20,42).

SpecialSceneMode

Shootwithoptimalsettingsfor

specicscenes(=



67).

DiscreetMode

Shootwithouttheashorcamera

sounds(



76).

CreativeFiltersMode

Addavarietyofeffectstoimages

whenshooting(=



71).

LiveViewControlMode

Customizeimagebrightnessor

colorswhenshooting(=



66).

• YoucanturnthemodedialtoswitchtoShootingmodefromPlaybackmode.

Shooting Display Options

Pressthe<l>buttontoviewotherinformationonthescreen,ortohide

theinformation.Fordetailsontheinformationdisplayed,see=



188.

Informationis

displayed

Noinformationis

displayed

• Screenbrightnessisautomaticallyincreasedbythenightdisplayfunction

whenyouareshootingunderlowlight,makingiteasiertocheckhowshots

arecomposed.However,on-screenimagebrightnessmaynotmatchthe

brightnessofyourshots.Notethatanyon-screenimagedistortionorjerky

subjectmotionwillnotaffectrecordedimages.

• Forplaybackdisplayoptions,see=



112.

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FUNC. Menu

CongurecommonlyusedfunctionsthroughtheFUNC.menuasfollows.

Notethatmenuitemsandoptionsvarydependingontheshootingmode



194–195).

1 AccesstheFUNC.menu.

 Pressthe<m>button.

MenuItems

Options

2 Chooseamenuitem.

 Pressthe<o>buttonstochoosea

menuitem.

 Availableoptionsareshownatthebottom

ofthescreen.

3 Chooseanoption.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanoption.

 Optionslabeledwitha[ ]iconcan

beconguredbypressingthe<l>

button.

 Toreturntothemenuitems,pressthe

<l>button.

4 Finishthesetupprocess.

 Pressthe<m>button.

 Thescreenbeforeyoupressedthe

<m>buttoninstep1isdisplayedagain,

showingtheoptionyoucongured.

• Toundoanyaccidentalsettingchanges,youcanrestorethecamera’s

defaultsettings(=



152).

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MENU Menu

Congureavarietyofcamerafunctionsthroughothermenusasfollows.

Menuitemsaregroupedbypurposeontabs,suchasshooting[4],

playback[1],andsoon.Notethatavailablesettingsvarydependingon

theselectedshootingorplaybackmode(=



196–200).

1 Accessthemenu.

 Pressthe<n>button.

2 Chooseatab.

 Movethezoomlevertochooseatab.

 Afteryouhavepressedthe<o>

buttonstochooseatabinitially,youcan

switchbetweentabsbypressingthe

<q><r>buttons.

3 Chooseasetting.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseasetting.

 Tochoosesettingswithoptionsnot

shown,rstpressthe<m>or<r>

buttontoswitchscreens,andtheneither

pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtoselectthesetting.

 Toreturntothepreviousscreen,press

the<n>button.

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MENUMenu

4 Chooseanoption.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonstochoosean

option.

5 Finishthesetupprocess.

 Pressthe<n>buttontoreturntothe

screendisplayedbeforeyoupressedthe

<n>buttoninstep1.

• Toundoanyaccidentalsettingchanges,youcanrestorethecamera’s

defaultsettings(=



152).

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Indicator Display

Theindicatoronthebackofthecamera(=



5)lightsuporblinks

dependingonthecamerastatus.

Color

Indicator

Status

CameraStatus

Green

Connectedtoacomputer(=



29),ordisplayoff



34,149)

Blinking Startingup,recording/reading/transmittingimages

• Whentheindicatorblinksgreen,neverturnthecameraoff,open

thememorycard/batterycover,orshakeorjoltthecamera,which

maycorruptimagesordamagethecameraormemorycard.

Clock

Youcancheckthecurrenttime.

 Pressandholdthe<m>button.

 Thecurrenttimeappears.

 Ifyouholdthecameraverticallywhile

usingtheclockfunction,itwillswitch

toverticaldisplay.Pressthe<q><r>

buttonsorturnthe<5>dialtochange

thedisplaycolor.

 Pressthe<m>buttonagaintocancel

theclockdisplay.

• Whenthecameraisoff,pressandholdthe<m>button,thenpressthe

powerbuttontodisplaytheclock.

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Smart Auto Mode

Convenientmodeforeasyshotswithgreatercontrol

overshooting

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StillImages Movies

Shooting (Smart Auto)

Forfullyautomaticselectionatoptimalsettingsforspecicscenes,simply

letthecameradeterminethesubjectandshootingconditions.

1 Turnthecameraon.

 Pressthepowerbutton.

 Thestartupscreenisdisplayed.

2 Enter<A>mode.

 Setthemodedialto<A>.

 Aimthecameraatthesubject.The

camerawillmakeaslightclickingnoise

asitdeterminesthescene.

 Iconsrepresentingthesceneandimage

stabilizationmodearedisplayedinthe

upperrightofthescreen(=



46,47).

 Framesdisplayedaroundanydetected

subjectsindicatethattheyareinfocus.

ZoomBar

FocusRange(approx.)

3 Composetheshot.

 Tozoominandenlargethesubject,move

thezoomlevertoward(telephoto),

andtozoomawayfromthesubject,move

ittoward<j>(wideangle).(Azoombar

showingthezoompositionisdisplayed.)

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Shooting(SmartAuto)

4 Shoot.

ShootingStillImages

Focus.

 Presstheshutterbuttonhalfway.The

camerabeepstwiceafterfocusing,and

greenframesaredisplayedtoindicate

imageareasinfocus.

 Severalgreenframesaredisplayedwhen

multipleareasareinfocus.

 If[Raisetheash]appearsonthescreen,

pressthe<h>buttontoraisetheash.It

willrewhenshooting.Ifyouprefernot

tousetheash,pushitdownwithyour

nger,intothecamera.

Shoot.

 Presstheshutterbuttonalltheway

down.

 Asthecamerashoots,ashuttersound

isplayed,andinlow-lightconditions

whenyouhaveraisedtheash,itres

automatically.

 Keepthecamerastilluntiltheshutter

soundends.

 Yourshotremainsdisplayedonthe

screenforabouttwoseconds.

 Evenwhiletheshotisdisplayed,youcan

takeanothershotbypressingtheshutter

buttonagain.

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Shooting(SmartAuto)

ElapsedTime

ShootingMovies

Startshooting.

 Pressthemoviebutton.Thecamera

beepsonceasrecordingbegins,and

[●Rec]isdisplayedwiththeelapsedtime.

 Blackbarsdisplayedonthetopand

bottomedgesofthescreenindicate

imageareasnotrecorded.

 Framesdisplayedaroundanydetected

facesindicatethattheyareinfocus.

 Oncerecordingbegins,youcantakeyour

ngeroffthemoviebutton.

Resizethesubjectand

recomposetheshotasneeded.

 Toresizethesubject,dothesamething

asinstep3on=



42.However,note

thatthesoundofcameraoperationswill

berecorded,andmoviesshotatzoom

factorsshowninbluewilllookgrainy.

 Whenyourecomposeshots,the

focus,brightness,andcolorswillbe

automaticallyadjusted.

Finishshooting.

 Pressthemoviebuttonagaintostop

shooting.Thecamerabeepstwiceas

recordingstops.

 Recordingwillstopautomaticallywhen

thememorycardbecomesfull.

StillImages/Movies

• Torestorecamerasoundifyouhaveaccidentallydeactivatedit

(byholdingthe<l>buttondownwhileturningthecameraon),

pressthe<n>buttonandchoose[Mute]onthe[3]tab,and

thenpressthe<q><r>buttonstochoose[Off].

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StillImages

• Aashing[ ]iconwarnsthatimagesaremorelikelytobeblurred

bycamerashake.Inthiscase,mountthecameraonatripodor

takeothermeasurestokeepitstill.

• Ifyourshotsaredarkdespitetheashring,movecloserto

thesubject.Fordetailsontheashrange,see“Specications”



203).

• Thesubjectmaybetoocloseifthecameraonlybeepsoncewhen

youpresstheshutterbuttonhalfway.Fordetailsonthefocusing

range(shootingrange),see“Specications”(=



203).

• Toreducered-eyeandtoassistinfocusing,thelampmaybe

activatedwhenshootinginlow-lightconditions.

• Ablinking[h]icondisplayedwiththemessage[Chargingtheash]

whenyouattempttoshootindicatesthatshootingisnotpossible

untiltheashhasnishedrecharging.Shootingcanresumeas

soonastheashisready,soeitherpresstheshutterbuttonallthe

waydownandwait,orreleaseitandpressitagain.

Movies

Microphone

• Keepyourngersawayfromthe

microphonewhileshootingmovies.

Blockingthemicrophonemayprevent

audiofrombeingrecordedormay

causetherecordingtosoundmufed.

• Avoidtouchingcameracontrolsotherthanthemoviebuttonwhen

shootingmovies,becausesoundsmadebythecamerawillbe

recorded.

• Audioisrecordedinstereo.

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Shooting(SmartAuto)

StillImages Movies

Scene Icons

In<A>mode,shootingscenesdeterminedbythecameraareindicated

bytheicondisplayed,andcorrespondingsettingsareautomatically

selectedforoptimalfocusing,subjectbrightness,andcolor.

Subject

Background

People OtherSubjects

Icon

Background

Color

In

Motion

Shadows

onFace

In

Motion

AtClose

Range

Bright

Gray

Backlit

—

WithBlueSky

Light

Blue

Backlit

—

Sunsets —

— Orange

Spotlights

Dark

Blue

Dark

Tripod

Used

—

*1Notdisplayedformovies.

*2Displayedindarksceneswhenthecameraisheldstill,aswhenmountedonatripod.

• Tryshootingin<G>mode(=



79)ifthesceneicondoesnot

matchactualshootingconditions,orifitisnotpossibletoshoot

withyourexpectedeffect,color,orbrightness.

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Shooting(SmartAuto)

StillImages Movies

Image Stabilization Icons

Optimalimagestabilizationfortheshootingconditionsisautomatically

applied(IntelligentIS).Additionally,thefollowingiconsaredisplayedin

<A>mode.

Imagestabilizationforstill

images

Imagestabilizationformovies,

reducingstrongcamerashake,

aswhenshootingwhilewalking

(DynamicIS)

Imagestabilizationforstill

images,whenpanning

Imagestabilizationforslow

camerashake,suchaswhen

shootingmoviesattelephoto

(PoweredIS)

Imagestabilizationformacro

shots(HybridIS)

Noimagestabilization,because

thecameraismountedon

atripodorheldstillbyother

means

*Displayedwhenyoupan,followingmovingsubjectswiththecamera.Whenyoufollow

subjectsmovinghorizontally,imagestabilizationonlycounteractsverticalcamera

shake,andhorizontalstabilizationstops.Similarly,whenyoufollowsubjectsmoving

vertically,imagestabilizationonlycounteractshorizontalcamerashake.

• Tocancelimagestabilization,set[ISMode]to[Off](=



101).Inthiscase,

anISiconisnotdisplayed.

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Shooting(SmartAuto)

StillImages Movies

On-Screen Frames

Avarietyofframesaredisplayedoncethecameradetectssubjectsyouare

aimingthecameraat.

• Awhiteframeisdisplayedaroundthesubject(orperson’sface)

determinedbythecameratobethemainsubject,andgrayframesare

displayedaroundotherdetectedfaces.Framesfollowmovingsubjects

withinacertainrangetokeeptheminfocus.

However,ifthecameradetectssubjectmovement,onlythewhiteframe

willremainonthescreen.

• Whenyouarepressingtheshutterbuttonhalfwayandthecamera

detectssubjectmovement,ablueframeisdisplayed,andthefocusand

imagebrightnessareconstantlyadjusted(ServoAF).

• Tryshootingin<G>mode(=



79)ifnoframesaredisplayed,if

framesarenotdisplayedarounddesiredsubjects,orifframesare

displayedonthebackgroundorsimilarareas.

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Common, Convenient Features

StillImages Movies

Zooming In Closer on Subjects (Digital Zoom)

Whendistantsubjectsaretoofarawaytoenlargeusingtheopticalzoom,

usedigitalzoomforuptoabout64xenlargement.

ZoomFactor

1 Movethezoomlevertoward

.

 Holdtheleveruntilzoomingstops.

 Zoomingstopsatthelargestpossiblezoom

factor(beforetheimagebecomesnoticeably

grainy),whichisthenindicatedonthescreen.

2 Movethezoomlevertoward

again.

 Tocontinuemagnifyingthesubject,keep

zooming.

• Movingthezoomleverwilldisplaythezoombar(whichindicates

thezoomposition).Thecolorofthezoombarwillchange

dependingonthezoomrange.

-Whiterange:opticalzoomrangewheretheimagewillnotappeargrainy.

-Yellowrange:digitalzoomrangewheretheimageisnot

noticeablygrainy(ZoomPlus).

-Bluerange:digitalzoomrangewheretheimagewillappeargrainy.

Becausethebluerangewillnotbeavailableatsomeresolution

settings(=



55)themaximumzoomfactorcanbeachievedby

followingstep1.

• Zoomedimagesmaylookgrainy,undersomeresolutionsettings



55)

andzoomfactors.Inthiscase,thezoomfactorisshowninblue.

• Focallengthwhenopticalanddigitalzoomarecombinedisasfollows

(35mmlmequivalent).

28–1792mm(28–448mmwithopticalzoomalone)

• Todeactivatedigitalzoom,pressthe<n>button,choose[DigitalZoom]

onthe[4]tab,andthenchoose[Off].

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Common,ConvenientFeatures

StillImages Movies

Using the Self-Timer

Withtheself-timer,youcanincludeyourselfingroupphotosorothertimed

shots.Thecamerawillshootabout10secondsafteryoupresstheshutter

button.

1 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthebutton,choose[]](either

pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dial),andthenpressthe<m>

button.

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[]]is

displayed.

2 Shoot.

 ForStillImages:Presstheshutterbutton

halfwaytofocusonthesubject,andthen

pressitallthewaydown.

 ForMovies:Pressthemoviebutton.

 Onceyoustarttheself-timer,thelamp

willblinkandthecamerawillplayaself-

timersound.

 Twosecondsbeforetheshot,theblinking

andsoundwillspeedup.(Thelampwill

remainlitincasetheashres.)

 Tocancelshootingafteryouhave

triggeredtheself-timer,pressthe

<n>button.

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,choose

[

]instep1.

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Common,ConvenientFeatures

StillImages Movies

UsingtheSelf-TimertoAvoidCameraShake

Thisoptiondelaysshutterreleaseuntilabouttwosecondsafteryouhave

pressedtheshutterbutton.Ifthecameraisunsteadywhileyouarepressing

theshutterbutton,itwillnotaffectyourshot.

Congurethesetting.

 Followstep1on=



50andchoose

[[].

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[[]is

displayed.

 Followstep2on=



50toshoot.

StillImages Movies

CustomizingtheSelf-Timer

Youcanspecifythedelay(0–30seconds)andnumberofshots(1–10).

1 Choose[$].

 Followingstep1on=



50,choose

[$]andpressthe<n>button

immediately.

2 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<o>buttonstochoose

[Delay]or[Shots].

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseavalue,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[$]is

displayed.

 Followstep2on=



50toshoot.

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Common,ConvenientFeatures

• Formoviesshotusingtheself-timer,[Delay]representsthedelay

beforerecordingbegins,butthe[Shots]settinghasnoeffect.

• Whenyouspecifymultipleshots,imagebrightnessandwhitebalanceare

determinedbytherstshot.Moretimeisrequiredbetweenshotswhenthe

ashresorwhenyouhavespeciedtotakemanyshots.Shootingwillstop

automaticallywhenthememorycardbecomesfull.

• Whenadelaylongerthantwosecondsisspecied,twosecondsbeforethe

shot,thelampblinkingandself-timersoundwillspeedup.(Thelampwill

remainlitincasetheashres.)

StillImages

Adding a Date Stamp

Thecameracanaddtheshootingdatetoimages,inthelower-rightcorner.

However,notethatdatestampscannotbeeditedorremoved,soconrm

beforehandthatthedateandtimearecorrect(=



17).

1 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose[Date

Stamp]onthe[4]tab,andthenchoose

thedesiredoption(=



38).

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[DATE]is

displayed.

2 Shoot.

 Asyoutakeshots,thecameraaddsthe

shootingdateortimetothelower-right

cornerofimages.

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,choose

[Off]instep1.

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Common,ConvenientFeatures

• Datestampscannotbeeditedorremoved.

• Shotstakenwithoutaddingadatestampcanbeprintedwithoneasfollows.

However,addingadatestampthiswaytoimagesthatalreadyhaveonemay

causeittobeprintedtwice.

-Usetheincludedsoftwaretoprint

Fordetails,refertotheSoftware Guide(=



25).

-Printusingprinterfunctions(=



166)

-UsecameraDPOFprintsettings(=



173)toprint

StillImages

Choosing Subjects to Focus On (Tracking AF)

Shootafterchoosingasubjecttofocusonasfollows.

1 SpecifyTrackingAF.

 Pressthe<o>button.

 [ ]isdisplayedinthecenterofthe

screen.

2 Chooseasubjecttofocuson.

 Aimthecamerasothat[ ]isonthe

desiredsubject,andthenpressthe

shutterbuttonhalfway.

 Ablueframeisdisplayed,andthe

camerawillkeepthesubjectinfocusand

imagebrightnessadjusted(ServoAF).

3 Shoot.

 Presstheshutterbuttonallthewaydown

toshoot.

 Pressthe<o>buttontocancelTrackingAF.

• Trackingmaynotbepossiblewhensubjectsaretoosmallormovetoo

rapidly,orwhensubjectcolororbrightnessmatchesthatofthebackground

tooclosely.

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Image Customization Features

StillImages

Changing the Aspect Ratio

Changetheimageaspectratio(ratioofwidthtoheight)asfollows.

Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[ ]in

themenu,andchoosethedesiredoption



37).

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,thescreen

aspectratiowillbeupdated.

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,repeatthis

processbutchoose[

UsedfordisplayonwidescreenHDTVsorsimilardisplaydevices.

Sameaspectratioas35mmlm,usedforprintingimagesat5x7-inchor

postcardsizes.

Nativeaspectratioofthecamerascreen,alsousedfordisplayonstandard-

denitiontelevisionsorsimilardisplaydevices,orforprintingimagesat3.5x

5-inchorA-seriessizes.

Squareaspectratio.

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ImageCustomizationFeatures

StillImages

Changing Image Resolution (Size)

Choosefrom4levelsofimageresolution,asfollows.Forguidelineson

howmanyshotsateachresolutionsettingcantonamemorycard,see

“Specications”(=



203).

Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[ ]in

themenu,andchoosethedesiredoption



37).

 Theoptionyouconguredisnow

displayed.

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,repeatthis

processbutchoose[

GuidelinesforChoosingResolutionBasedonPaper

Size(for4:3Images)

A2(16.5x23.4in.)

A3–A5(11.7x

16.5–5.8x8.3in.)

5x7in.

Postcard

3.5x5in.

 [ ]:Fore-mailingimages.

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ImageCustomizationFeatures

StillImages

Red-Eye Correction

Red-eyethatoccursintheashphotographycanbeautomatically

correctedasfollows.

1 Accessthe[FlashSettings]

screen.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose[Flash

Settings]onthe[4]tab,andthenpress

the<m>button(=



38).

2 Congurethesetting.

 Choose[Red-EyeCorr.],andthen

choose[On](=



38).

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[R]is

displayed.

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,repeatthis

processbutchoose[Off].

• Red-eyecorrectionmaybeappliedtoimageareasotherthan

eyes(ifthecameramisinterpretsredeyemakeupasredpupils,

forexample).

• Youcanalsocorrectexistingimages(=



138).

• Youcanalsoaccessthescreeninstep2whentheashisupbypressing

the<r>buttonandimmediatelypressingthe<n>button.

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ImageCustomizationFeatures

Movies

Changing Movie Image Quality

2imagequalitysettingsareavailable.Forguidelinesonthemaximum

movielengthateachlevelofimagequalitythatwilltonamemorycard,

see“Specications”(=



203).

Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[ ]in

themenu,andchoosethedesiredoption



37).

 Theoptionyouconguredisnow

displayed.

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,repeatthis

processbutchoose[

Image

Quality

Resolution FrameRate Details

1280x720 25fps* ForshootinginHD

640x480 30fps Forshootinginstandarddenition

*[

]moviesareplayedbackat30fps.

• In[ ]mode,blackbarsdisplayedonthetopandbottomedgesofthe

screenindicateimageareasnotrecorded.

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ImageCustomizationFeatures

Movies

Using the Wind Filter

Distortedaudiocausedbyrecordingwhenthewindisstrongcanbe

reduced.However,therecordingmaysoundunnaturalwhenthisoptionis

usedwhenthereisnowind.

Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[WindFilter]onthe[4]tab,andthen

choose[On](=



38).

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,repeatthis

processbutchoose[Off].

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Helpful Shooting Features

StillImages Movies

Displaying Grid Lines

Gridlinescanbedisplayedonthescreenforverticalandhorizontal

referencewhileshooting.

Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[GridLines]onthe[4]tab,andthen

choose[On](=



38).

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,gridlines

aredisplayedonthescreen.

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,repeatthis

processbutchoose[Off].

• Gridlinesarenotrecordedinyourshots.

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HelpfulShootingFeatures

StillImages

Magnifying the Area in Focus

Youcancheckthefocusbypressingtheshutterbuttonhalfway,whichwill

enlargetheportionoftheimageinfocusintheAFframe.

1 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[AF-PointZoom]onthe[4]tab,and

thenchoose[On](=



38).

2 Checkthefocus.

 Presstheshutterbuttonhalfway.The

facedetectedasthemainsubjectisnow

magnied.

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,choose

[Off]instep1.

• Theareainfocuswillnotbemagniedwhenyoupresstheshutter

buttonhalfwayifafacewasnotdetected,ifthepersonistooclose

tothecameraandtheirfaceistoolargeforthescreen,orifthe

cameradetectssubjectmovement.

• Thedisplaywillnotmagnifywhenusingthedigitalzoom(=



49)or

TrackingAF(=



94).

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HelpfulShootingFeatures

StillImages

Checking for Closed Eyes

[ ]isdisplayedwhenthecameradetectsthatpeoplemayhaveclosed

theireyes.

1 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[BlinkDetection]onthe[4]tab,andthen

choose[On](=



38).

2 Shoot.

 Aframe,accompaniedby[ ],is

displayedwhenthecameradetectsa

personwhoseeyesareclosed.

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,choose

[Off]instep1.

• Whenyouhavespeciedmultipleshotsin[$]mode,thisfunctionisonly

availableforthenalshot.

• Theframeisnotdisplayedwhen[Review]issetto[Quick](=



63).

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Customizing Camera Operation

Customizeshootingfunctionsonthe[4]tabofthemenuasfollows.

Forinstructionsonmenufunctions,see“MENUMenu”(=



38).

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Deactivating the AF Assist Beam

Youcandeactivatethelampthatnormallylightsuptohelpyoufocuswhen

youpresstheshutterbuttonhalfwayinlow-lightconditions.

Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[AF-assistBeam]onthe[4]tab,and

thenchoose[Off](=



38).

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,repeatthis

processbutchoose[On].

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Deactivating the Red-Eye Reduction Lamp

Youcandeactivatethered-eyereductionlampthatlightsuptoreducered-

eyewhentheashisusedinlow-lightshots.

1 Accessthe[FlashSettings]

screen.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[FlashSettings]onthe[4]tab,andthen

pressthe<m>button(=



38).

2 Congurethesetting.

 Choose[Red-EyeLamp],andthen

choose[Off](=



38).

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,repeatthis

processbutchoose[On].

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CustomizingCameraOperation

StillImages

Changing the Image Display Period After Shots

Changehowlongimagesaredisplayedaftershotsasfollows.

Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[Review]onthe[4]tab,andthen

choosethedesiredoption(=



38).

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,repeatthis

processbutchoose[2sec.].

Quick Displaysimagesonlyuntilyoucanshootagain.

2–10sec. Displaysimagesforthespeciedtime.

Hold Displaysimagesuntilyoupresstheshutterbuttonhalfway.

Off Noimagedisplayaftershots.

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CustomizingCameraOperation

StillImages

Changing the Image Display Style After Shots

Changethewayimagesaredisplayedaftershotsasfollows.

Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[ReviewInfo]onthe[4]tab,andthen

choosethedesiredoption(=



38).

 Torestoretheoriginalsetting,repeatthis

processbutchoose[Off].

Off Displaysonlytheimage.

Detailed

Displaysshootingdetails(=



190).

FocusCheck

ShowstheareaintheAFframemagnied,enablingyoutocheckthe

focus.Followthestepsin“CheckingtheFocus”(=



113).

• Thissettingissetto[Off]andcannotbechangedwhen[Review](=



63)is

setto[Quick]or[Off].

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Other Shooting Modes

Shootmoreeffectivelyinvariousscenes,andtakeshots

enhancedwithuniqueimageeffectsorcapturedusing

specialfunctions

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Brightness/Color Customization

(Live View Control)

Imagebrightnessorcolorswhenshootingcanbeeasilycustomizedas

follows.

1 Enter< >mode.

 Setthemodedialto< >.

2 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<m>buttontoaccessthe

settingscreen.Pressthe<o>

buttonstochooseasettingitem,and

thenpressthe<q><r>buttonsorturn

the<5>dialtoadjustthevalueasyou

watchthescreen.

 Pressthe<m>button.

3 Shoot.

Brightness

Forbrighterimages,adjusttheleveltotheright,andfordarker

images,adjustittotheleft.

Color

Formorevividimages,adjusttheleveltotheright,andformore

subduedimages,adjustittotheleft.

Tone

Forawarm,reddishtone,adjusttheleveltotheright,andforacool,

bluishtone,adjustittotheleft.

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Specic Scenes

Chooseamodematchingtheshootingscene,andthecamerawill

automaticallycongurethesettingsforoptimalshots.

1 Enter<K>mode.

 Setthemodedialto<K>.

2 Chooseashootingmode.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[I]inthe

menu,andthenchooseashootingmode



37).

3 Shoot.

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IShootportraits(Portrait)

 Takeshotsofpeoplewithasoftening

effect.

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Shootunderlowlight

(LowLight)

 Shootwithminimalcamerashakeand

subjectblureveninlow-lightconditions.

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SpecicScenes

StillImages Movies

PShootwithsnowybackgrounds

(Snow)

 Bright,natural-coloredshotsofpeople

againstsnowybackgrounds.

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tShootreworks(Fireworks)

 Vividshotsofreworks.

• In[t]mode,mountthecameraonatripodortakeother

measurestokeepitstillandpreventcamerashake.Additionally,

youshouldset[ISMode]to[Off]whenusingatripodorother

meanstoholdthecamerastill(=



101).

• [ ]moderesolutionis[ ](2304x1728)andcannotbechanged.

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Special Modes for Other Purposes

StillImages

Using the Face Self-Timer

Thecamerawillshootabouttwosecondsafterdetectingthatthefaceofanother

person(suchasthephotographer)hasenteredtheshootingarea(

93).This

isusefulwhenincludingyourselfingroupphotosorsimilarshots.

1 Choose[ ].

 Followsteps1–2on=



67and

choose[

2 Composetheshotandpress

theshutterbuttonhalfway.

 Makesureagreenframeisdisplayed

aroundthefaceyoufocusonandwhite

framesaroundotherfaces.

3 Presstheshutterbuttonallthe

waydown.

 Thecameranowentersshootingstandby

mode,and[Lookstraightatcamerato

startcountdown]isdisplayed.

 Thelampblinksandtheself-timersound

isplayed.

4

Jointhesubjectsintheshooting

areaandlookatthecamera.

 Afterthecameradetectsanewface,the

lampblinkingandself-timersoundwill

speedup.(Whentheashres,thelamp

willremainlit.)Abouttwosecondslater,

thecamerawillshoot.

 Tocancelshootingafteryouhavetriggered

theself-timer,pressthe<

>button.

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SpecialModesforOtherPurposes

• Evenifyourfaceisnotdetectedafteryoujointheothersintheshooting

area,thecamerawillshootabout15secondslater.

• Tochangethenumberofshots,afterchoosing[

]insteps1–2on



69,pressthe<l>button,andtheneitherpressthe<q><r>

buttonsorturnthe<5>dialtochooseavalue,andthenpressthe<l>

buttonagain.

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Image Effects (Creative Filters)

Addavarietyofeffectstoimageswhenshooting.

1 Enter< >mode.

 Setthemodedialto< >.

2 Chooseashootingmode.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[ ]in

themenu,andthenchooseashooting

mode(=



37).

3 Shoot.

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Shootinvividcolors

(SuperVivid)

 Shotsinrich,vividcolors.

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Posterizedshots(PosterEffect)

 Shotsthatresembleanoldposteror

illustration.

• In[ ]and[ ]modes,trytakingsometestshotsrst,tomake

sureyouobtainthedesiredresults.

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ImageEffects(CreativeFilters)

StillImages

Shooting with a Fish-Eye Lens Effect (Fish-eye Effect)

Shootwiththedistortingeffectofash-eyelens.

1 Choose[ ].

 Followsteps1–2on=



71and

choose[

2 Chooseaneffectlevel.

 Pressthe<l>button,choosean

effectlevel(eitherpressthe<q><r>

buttonsorturnthe<5>dial),andthen

pressthe<l>buttonagain.

 Apreviewisshownofhowyourshotwill

lookwiththeeffectapplied.

3 Shoot.

• Trytakingsometestshotsrst,tomakesureyouobtainthe

desiredresults.

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Shots Resembling Miniature Models (Miniature Effect)

Createstheeffectofaminiaturemodel,byblurringimageareasaboveand

belowyourselectedarea.

Youcanalsomakemoviesthatlooklikescenesinminiaturemodelsby

choosingtheplaybackspeedbeforethemovieisrecorded.Peopleand

objectsinthescenewillmovequicklyduringplayback.Notethatsoundis

notrecorded.

1 Choose[ ].

 Followsteps1–2on=



71and

choose[

 Awhiteframeisdisplayed,indicatingthe

imageareathatwillnotbeblurred.

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ImageEffects(CreativeFilters)

2 Choosetheareatokeepin

focus.

 Pressthe<l>button.

 Movethezoomlevertoresizetheframe,

andpressthe<o>buttonstomove

it.

3 Formovies,choosethemovie

playbackspeed.

 Pressthe<n>button,andthen

choosethespeedbypressingthe

<q><r>buttonsorturningthe<5>

dial.

4 Returntotheshootingscreen

andshoot.

 Pressthe<n>buttontoreturntothe

shootingscreen,andthenshoot.

PlaybackSpeedandEstimatedPlaybackTime(forOne-

MinuteClips)

Speed PlaybackTime

Approx.12sec.

Approx.6sec.

Approx.3sec.

• Thezoomisnotavailablewhenshootingmovies.Besuretoset

thezoombeforeshooting.

• Trytakingsometestshotsrst,tomakesureyouobtainthe

desiredresults.

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ImageEffects(CreativeFilters)

• Toswitchtheorientationoftheframe(fromhorizontaltoverticalorvice-

versa),pressthe<m>buttoninstep2.Youcanmovetheframeinvertical

orientationbypressingthe<q><r>buttons.

• Holdingthecameraverticallywillchangetheorientationoftheframe.

• Movieimagequalityis[

]atanaspectratioof[ ]and[ ]atanaspect

ratioof[

](=



54).Thesequalitysettingscannotbechanged.

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Shooting with a Toy Camera Effect

(Toy Camera Effect)

Thiseffectmakesimagesresembleshotsfromatoycamerabyvignetting

(darker,blurredimagecorners)andchangingtheoverallcolor.

1 Choose[ ].

 Followsteps1–2on=



71and

choose[

2 Chooseacolortone.

 Pressthe<l>button,chooseacolor

tone(eitherpressthe<q><r>buttonsor

turnthe<5>dial),andthenpressthe

<l>buttonagain.

 Apreviewisshownofhowyourshotwill

lookwiththeeffectapplied.

3 Shoot.

Standard Shotsresembletoycameraimages.

Warm Imageshaveawarmertonethanwith[Standard].

Cool Imageshaveacoolertonethanwith[Standard].

• Trytakingsometestshotsrst,tomakesureyouobtainthe

desiredresults.

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ImageEffects(CreativeFilters)

StillImages Movies

Shooting in Monochrome

Shootimagesinblackandwhite,sepia,orblueandwhite.

1 Choose[ ].

 Followsteps1–2on=



71and

choose[

2 Chooseacolortone.

 Pressthe<l>button,chooseacolor

tone(eitherpressthe<q><r>buttonsor

turnthe<5>dial),andthenpressthe

<l>buttonagain.

 Apreviewisshownofhowyourshotwill

lookwiththeeffectapplied.

3 Shoot.

B/W Blackandwhiteshots.

Sepia Sepiatoneshots.

Blue Blueandwhiteshots.

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Discreet Mode

Shootwithoutactivatingcamerasounds,theash,orlampasfollows.Use

thismodewherecamerasounds,theash,andlightsareprohibited.

1 Enter< >mode.

 Setthemodedialto< >.

2 Shoot.

• In< >mode,evenplaybacksoundsaremuted.Soundsofcamera

operationsaremuted,andmovieaudioisalsomuted.

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Movies

Shooting Various Movies

Movies

Shooting Movies in <E> Mode

1 Enter<E>mode.

 Setthemodedialto<E>.

 Blackbarsdisplayedonthetopand

bottomedgesofthescreenindicate

imageareasnotrecorded.

2 Congurethesettingstosuit

themovie(=



192–199).

3 Shoot.

 Pressthemoviebutton.

 Tostopmovierecording,pressthemovie

buttonagain.

Movies

LockingorChangingImageBrightnessBeforeShooting

Beforeshooting,youcanlocktheexposureorchangeitin1/3-stop

incrementswithinarangeof–2to+2.

1 Locktheexposure.

 Afterreleasingtheshutterbutton,press

the<o>buttontolocktheexposure.The

exposureshiftbarisdisplayed.

 Tounlocktheexposure,pressthe<o>

buttonagain.

2 Adjusttheexposure.

 Turnthe<5>dialtoadjustthe

exposure,asyouwatchthescreen.

3 Shoot.

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ShootingVariousMovies

Movies

Shooting iFrame Movies

ShootmoviesthatcanbeeditedwithiFrame-compatiblesoftwareor

devices.Youcanquicklyedit,save,andmanageiFramemoviesusingthe

includedsoftware(=



25).

1 Choose[ ].

 Setthemodedialto<E>.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[E]

inthemenu,andthenchoose[

]



37).

 Blackbarsdisplayedonthetopand

bottomedgesofthescreenindicate

imageareasnotrecorded.

2 Shoot(=



77).

• Theresolutionis[ ](=



57)andcannotbechanged.

• iFrameisavideoformatdevelopedbyApple.

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P Mode

Morediscerningshots,inyourpreferredshootingstyle

• Instructionsinthischapterapplytothecamerawiththemodedialsetto

<G>mode.

• <G>:ProgramAE;AE:AutoExposure

• Beforeusingafunctionintroducedinthischapterinmodesotherthan

<G>,makesurethefunctionisavailableinthatmode(=



192–199).

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StillImages Movies

Shooting in Program AE Mode

( Mode)

Youcancustomizemanyfunctionsettingstosuityourpreferredshooting

style.

1 Enter<G>mode.

 Setthemodedialto<G>.

2 Customizethesettingsas

desired(=



81–101),and

thenshoot.

• Ifadequateexposurecannotbeobtainedwhenyoupresstheshutterbutton

halfway,shutterspeedsandaperturevaluesaredisplayedinorange.To

obtainadequateexposure,tryadjustingthefollowingsettings.

-Activatetheash(=



98)

-ChangetheISOspeed(=



82)

• Moviescanberecordedin<G>modeaswell,bypressingthemoviebutton.

However,some<H>and<n>settingsmaybeautomatically

adjustedformovierecording.

• Fordetailsontheshootingrangein<G>mode,see“Specications”



203).

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Image Brightness (Exposure

Compensation)

StillImages Movies

Adjusting Image Brightness (Exposure Compensation)

Thestandardexposuresetbythecameracanbeadjustedin1/3-stop

increments,inarangeof–2to+2.

 Pressthe<

>button.Asyouwatchthe

screen,pressthe<

>buttonsorturn

the<

>dialtoadjustbrightness,andthen

pressthe<

>buttonagainwhennished.

 Thecorrectionlevelyouspeciedisnow

displayed.

StillImages

Locking Image Brightness/Exposure (AE Lock)

Beforeshooting,youcanlocktheexposure,oryoucanspecifyfocusand

exposureseparately.

1 Locktheexposure.

 Aimthecameraatthesubjecttoshootwith

theexposurelocked.Withtheshutterbutton

pressedhalfway,pressthe<

>button.

 [ ]

isdisplayed,andtheexposureislocked.

 TounlockAE,releasetheshutterbutton

andpressthebuttonagain.Inthis

case,[

]isnolongerdisplayed.

2 Composetheshotandshoot.

 Afteroneshot,AEisunlockedand[ ]is

nolongerdisplayed.

• AE:AutoExposure

• Aftertheexposureislocked,youcanadjustthecombinationofshutter

speedandaperturevaluebyturningthe<5>dial(ProgramShift).

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ImageBrightness(ExposureCompensation)

StillImages

Changing the Metering Method

Adjustthemeteringmethod(howbrightnessismeasured)tosuitshooting

conditionsasfollows.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[ ]in

themenu,andchoosethedesiredoption



37).

 Theoptionyouconguredisnow

displayed.

Evaluative

Fortypicalshootingconditions,includingbacklitshots.

Automaticallyadjustsexposuretomatchtheshootingconditions.

Center

WeightedAvg.

Determinestheaveragebrightnessoflightacrosstheentire

imagearea,calculatedbytreatingbrightnessinthecentralarea

asmoreimportant.

Spot

Meteringrestrictedtowithinthe[

](SpotAEPointframe),

displayedinthecenterofthescreen.

StillImages

Changing the ISO Speed

 Pressthe<o>button,chooseanoption

(eitherpressthe<o>buttonsor

turnthe<5>dial),andthenpressthe

<m>button.

 Theoptionyouconguredisnow

displayed.

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ImageBrightness(ExposureCompensation)

AutomaticallyadjuststheISOspeedtosuitthe

shootingmodeandconditions.



Low

High

Forshootingoutdoorsinfairweather.



Forshootingincloudyconditions,orattwilight.

Forshootingnightscenes,orindarkrooms.

• ToviewtheautomaticallysetISOspeedwhenthecameraissetto[ ],

presstheshutterbuttonhalfway.

• AlthoughchoosingalowerISOspeedmayreduceimagegraininess,there

maybeagreaterriskofsubjectblurrinessinsomeshootingconditions.

• ChoosingahigherISOspeedwillincreaseshutterspeed,whichmayreduce

subjectblurrinessandincreasetheashrange.However,shotsmaylookgrainy.

StillImages

Correcting Image Brightness (i-Contrast)

Beforeshooting,excessivelybrightordarkimageareas(suchasfacesor

backgrounds)canbedetectedandautomaticallyadjustedtotheoptimal

brightness.Insufcientoverallimagecontrastcanalsobeautomatically

correctedbeforeshootingtomakesubjectsstandoutbetter.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[i-Contrast]onthe[4]tab,andthen

choose[Auto](=



38).

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[@]is

displayed.

• Undersomeshootingconditions,correctionmaybeinaccurateor

maycauseimagestoappeargrainy.

• Youcanalsocorrectexistingimages(=



137).

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Color and Continuous Shooting

StillImages Movies

Adjusting White Balance

Byadjustingwhitebalance(WB),youcanmakeimagecolorslookmore

naturalforthesceneyouareshooting.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[ ]in

themenu,andchoosethedesiredoption



37).

 Theoptionyouconguredisnow

displayed.

Auto

Automaticallysetstheoptimalwhitebalancefortheshooting

conditions.

DayLight Forshootingoutdoorsinfairweather.

Cloudy Forshootingincloudyconditions,intheshade,orattwilight.

Tungsten

Forshootingunderordinaryincandescent(tungsten)lighting

andsimilarlycoloreduorescentlighting.

Fluorescent

Forshootingunderwarm-white(orsimilarlycolored)orcool-

whiteuorescentlighting.

FluorescentH

Forshootingunderdaylightuorescentandsimilarlycolored

uorescentlighting.

Custom

Formanuallysettingacustomwhitebalance(=



85).

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CustomWhiteBalance

Forimagecolorsthatlooknaturalunderthelightinyourshot,adjustwhite

balancetosuitthelightsourcewhereyouareshooting.Setthewhite

balanceunderthesamelightsourcethatwillilluminateyourshot.

 Followthestepson=



84tochoose

[

 Aimthecameraataplainwhitesubject,

sothattheentirescreeniswhite.Press

the<l>button.

 Thetintofthescreenchangesoncethe

whitebalancedatahasbeenrecorded.

• Colorsmaylookunnaturalifyouchangecamerasettingsafter

recordingwhitebalancedata.

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Changing Image Color Tones (My Colors)

Changeimagecolortonesasdesired,suchasconvertingimagestosepia

orblackandwhite.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[ ]in

themenu,andchoosethedesiredoption



37).

 Theoptionyouconguredisnow

displayed.

MyColorsOff ―

Vivid

Emphasizescontrastandcolorsaturation,makingimages

sharper.

Neutral

Tonesdowncontrastandcolorsaturationforsubdued

images.

Sepia Createssepiatoneimages.

B/W Createsblackandwhiteimages.

PositiveFilm

CombinestheeffectsofVividBlue,VividGreen,and

VividRedtoproduceintenseyetnatural-lookingcolors

resemblingimagesonpositivelm.

LighterSkinTone Lightensskintones.

DarkerSkinTone Darkensskintones.

VividBlue

Emphasizesbluesinimages.Makesthesky,ocean,and

otherbluesubjectsmorevivid.

VividGreen

Emphasizesgreensinimages.Makesmountains,foliage,

andothergreensubjectsmorevivid.

VividRed

Emphasizesredsinimages.Makesredsubjectsmore

vivid.

CustomColor

Adjustcontrast,sharpness,colorsaturation,andother

qualitiesasdesired(=



87).

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• Whitebalance(=



84)cannotbesetin[ ]or[ ]modes.

• With[

]and[ ]modes,colorsotherthanpeople’sskintone

maybemodied.Thesesettingsmaynotproducetheexpected

resultswithsomeskintones.

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CustomColor

Choosethedesiredlevelofimagecontrast,sharpness,colorsaturation,

red,green,blue,andskintonesinarangeof1–5.

1 Accessthesettingscreen.

 Followthestepson=



86tochoose

[

],andthenpressthe<l>button.

2 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<o>buttonstochoose

anoption,andthenspecifythevalueby

pressingthe<q><r>buttonsorturning

the<5>dial.

 Forstronger/moreintenseeffects(or

darkerskintones),adjustthevalueto

theright,andforweaker/lightereffects

(orlighterskintones),adjustthevalueto

theleft.

 Pressthe<l>buttontocompletethe

setting.

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Continuous Shooting

Holdtheshutterbuttonallthewaydowntoshootcontinuously.

Fordetailsonthecontinuousshootingspeed,see“Specications”



203).

1 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[ ]in

themenu,andchoosethedesiredoption



37).

 Theoptionyouconguredisnow

displayed.

2 Shoot.

 Holdtheshutterbuttonallthewaydown

toshootcontinuously.

Mode Description

Continuous

Continuousshooting,withthefocusandexposuredetermined

whenyoupresstheshutterbuttonhalfway.

Continuous

ShootingAF

Continuousshootingandfocusing.

[AFFrame]issetto[Center]andcannotbechanged.

Continuous

ShootingLV

Continuousshooting,withthefocusxedattheposition

determinedinmanualfocusing.In[t]mode,focusisdetermined

bytherstshot.

*In[t]mode(=



68),AFlock(=



97),ormanualfocusmode(=



90),

[

]ischangedto[ ].

*Fordetailsonthecontinuousshootingspeedineachmode,see“Specications”



203).

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• Cannotbeusedwiththeself-timer(=



50)or[BlinkDetection]



61).

• Shootingmaystopmomentarilyorcontinuousshootingmayslow

downdependingonshootingconditions,camerasettings,andthe

zoomposition.

• Asmoreshotsaretaken,shootingmayslowdown.

• Shootingmayslowdowniftheashres.

• Continuousshootingisfasterin[ ]mode(=



67).

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Shooting Close-ups (Macro)

Torestrictthefocustosubjectsatcloserange,setthecamerato[e].For

detailsonthefocusingrange,see“Specications”(=



203).

 Pressthe<q>button,choose[e](either

pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dial),andthenpressthe<m>

button.

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[e]is

displayed.

• Intheyellowbardisplayareabelowthezoombar,[e]willturn

grayandthecamerawillnotfocus.

• Topreventcamerashake,trymountingthecameraonatripodandshooting

withthecamerasetto[[](=



51).

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Shooting in Manual Focus Mode

WhenfocusingisnotpossibleinAFmode,usemanualfocus.Youcan

specifythegeneralfocalpositionandthenpresstheshutterbuttonhalfway

tohavethecameradeterminetheoptimalfocalpositionneartheposition

youspecied.Fordetailsonthefocusingrange,see“Specications”



203).

1 Choose[f].

 Pressthe<q>button,choose[f]

(eitherpressthe<q><r>buttonsorturn

the<5>dial),andthenpressthe<m>

button.

 [f]andtheMFindicatoraredisplayed.

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MFIndicator

2 Specifythegeneralfocal

position.

 Referringtotheon-screenMFindicator

bar(whichshowsthedistanceandfocal

position)andthemagnieddisplayarea,

pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtospecifythegeneralfocal

position,andthenpressthe<m>button.

3 Fine-tunethefocus.

 Presstheshutterbuttonhalfwaytohave

thecamerane-tunethefocalposition

(SafetyMF).

• AFframemodeorsizecannotbechangedwhilefocusing

manually(=



92).IfyouwanttochangetheAFframemodeor

size,cancelmanualfocusmoderst.

• Focusingispossiblewhenusingthedigitalzoom(=



49)or

digitaltele-converter(=



92),orwhenusingaTVasadisplay



163),butthemagnieddisplaywillnotappear.

• Tofocusmoreaccurately,tryattachingthecameratoatripodtostabilizeit.

• Tohidethemagnieddisplayarea,pressthe<n>buttonandset[MF-

PointZoom]onthe[4]tabto[Off](=



38).

• Todeactivateautomaticfocusne-tuningwhentheshutterbuttonispressed

halfway,pressthe<n>buttonandset[SafetyMF]onthe[4]tabto

[Off](=



38).

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Digital Tele-Converter

Thefocallengthofthelenscanbeincreasedbyapproximately1.6xor2.0x.

Thiscanreducecamerashakebecausetheshutterspeedisfasterthanit

wouldbeifyouzoomed(includingusingdigitalzoom)intothesamezoom

factor.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[DigitalZoom]onthe[4]tab,andthen

choosethedesiredoption(=



38).

 Theviewisenlargedandthezoomfactor

isdisplayedonthescreen.

• Thedigitaltele-convertercannotbeusedwithdigitalzoom



49)andAF-pointzoom(=



60).

• Therespectivefocallengthswhenusing[1.6x]and[2.0x]are44.8–

716.8mmand56.0–896.0mm(35mmlmequivalent).

• Theshutterspeedmaybeequivalentwhenyoumovethezoomleverallthe

waytowardformaximumtelephoto,andwhenyouzoomintoenlarge

thesubjecttothesamesizefollowingstep2on=



49.

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Changing the AF Frame Mode

ChangetheAF(autofocus)framemodetosuittheshootingconditionsas

follows.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[AFFrame]onthe[4]tab,andthen

choosethedesiredoption(=



38).

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Center

OneAFframeisdisplayedinthecenter.Effectiveforreliablefocusing.

• AyellowAFframeisdisplayedwith[ ]ifthecameracannot

focuswhenyoupresstheshutterbuttonhalfway.NotethatAF-

pointzooming(=



60)isnotpossible.

• ToreducetheAFframesize,pressthe<n>buttonandset[AFFrame

Size]onthe[4]tabto[Small](=



38).

• TheAFframesizeissetto[Normal]whenyouusethedigitalzoom(=



49)

ordigitaltele-converter(=



92),andinmanualfocusmode(=



90).

• Tocomposeshotssothatsubjectsarepositionedattheedgeorinacorner,

rstaimthecameratocapturethesubjectinanAFframe,andthenhold

theshutterbuttonhalfwaydown.Asyoucontinuetoholdtheshutterbutton

halfway,recomposetheshotasdesired,andthenpresstheshutterbuttonall

thewaydown(FocusLock).

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FaceAiAF

• Detectspeople’sfaces,andthensetsthefocus,exposure(evaluative

meteringonly),andwhitebalance([ ]only).

• Afteryouaimthecameraatthesubject,awhiteframeisdisplayed

aroundtheperson’sfacedeterminedbythecameratobethemain

subject,anduptotwograyframesaredisplayedaroundotherdetected

faces.

• Whenthecameradetectsmovement,frameswillfollowmovingsubjects,

withinacertainrange.

• Afteryoupresstheshutterbuttonhalfway,uptoninegreenframesare

displayedaroundfacesinfocus.

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• Iffacesarenotdetected,orwhenonlygrayframesaredisplayed

(withoutawhiteframe),uptoninegreenframesaredisplayedin

theareasinfocuswhenyoupresstheshutterbuttonhalfway.

• IffacesarenotdetectedwhenServoAF(=



95)issetto[On],

theAFframeisdisplayedinthecenterofthescreenwhenyou

presstheshutterbuttonhalfway.

• Examplesoffacesthatcannotbedetected:

-Subjectsthataredistantorextremelyclose

-Subjectsthataredarkorlight

-Facesinprole,atanangle,orpartlyhidden

• Thecameramaymisinterpretnon-humansubjectsasfaces.

• NoAFframesaredisplayedifthecameracannotfocuswhenyou

presstheshutterbuttonhalfway.

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ChoosingSubjectstoFocusOn(TrackingAF)

Shootafterchoosingasubjecttofocusonasfollows.

1 Choose[TrackingAF].

 Followthestepson=



92tochoose

[TrackingAF].

 [ ]

isdisplayedinthecenterofthescreen.

2 Chooseasubjecttofocuson.

 Aimthecamerasothat[ ]isonthe

desiredsubject,andthenpressthe<q>

button.

 Whenthesubjectisdetected,thecamera

beepsand[

]isdisplayed.Evenifthe

subjectmoves,thecamerawillcontinue

totrackthesubjectwithinacertainrange.

 Ifnosubjectisdetected,[ ]isdisplayed.

 Tocanceltracking,pressthe<q>button

again.

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3 Shoot.

 Presstheshutterbuttonhalfway.[ ]changes

toablue[

],whichfollowsthesubjectas

thecameracontinuestoadjustthefocusand

exposure(ServoAF)

(

seebelow

 Presstheshutterbuttonallthewaydown

toshoot.

 Evenafteryourshot,[ ]isstilldisplayed

andthecameracontinuestotrackthesubject.

• [ServoAF](seebelow)issetto[On]andcannotbechanged.

• Trackingmaynotbepossiblewhensubjectsaretoosmallormove

toorapidly,orwhensubjectcolororbrightnessmatchesthatofthe

backgroundtooclosely.

• [AF-PointZoom]onthe[4]tabisnotavailable.

• [e]isnotavailable.

• Thecameracandetectsubjectsevenifyoupresstheshutterbuttonhalfway

withoutpressingthe<q>button.Afteryourshot,[

]isdisplayedinthe

centerofthescreen.

• Whenshootingin[f]mode(=



90),pressandholdthe<q>buttonforat

leastonesecond.

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ShootingwithServoAF

Thismodehelpsavoidmissingshotsofsubjectsinmotion,becausethe

cameracontinuestofocusonthesubjectandadjusttheexposureaslong

asyoupresstheshutterbuttonhalfway.

1 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[ServoAF]onthe[4]tab,andthen

choose[On](=



38).

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2 Focus.

 Thefocusandexposurearemaintained

wheretheblueAFframeisdisplayed

whileyouarepressingtheshutterbutton

halfway.

• Focusingmaynotbepossibleinsomeshootingconditions.

• Inlow-lightconditions,ServoAFmaynotbeactivated(AFframes

maynotturnblue)whenyoupresstheshutterbuttonhalfway.

Inthiscase,thefocusandexposurearesetaccordingtothe

speciedAFframemode.

• Ifadequateexposurecannotbeobtained,shutterspeedsand

aperturevaluesaredisplayedinorange.Releasetheshutter

button,andthenpressithalfwayagain.

• AFlockshootingisnotavailable.

• [AF-PointZoom]onthe[4]tabisnotavailable.

• Notavailablewhenusingtheself-timer(=



50).

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Changing the Focus Setting

Youcanchangedefaultcameraoperationofconstantlyfocusingon

subjectsitisaimedat,evenwhentheshutterbuttonisnotpressed.Instead,

youcanlimitcamerafocusingtothemomentyoupresstheshutterbutton

halfway.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[ContinuousAF]onthe[4]tab,andthen

choose[Off](=



38).

Helpsavoidmissingsuddenphoto

opportunities,becausethecamera

constantlyfocusesonsubjectsuntilyou

presstheshutterbuttonhalfway.

Off

Conservesbatterypower,becausethe

cameradoesnotfocusconstantly.

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Shooting with the AF Lock

Thefocuscanbelocked.Afteryoulockthefocus,thefocalpositionwillnot

changeevenwhenyoureleaseyourngerfromtheshutterbutton.

1 Lockthefocus.

 Withtheshutterbuttonpressedhalfway,

pressthe<q>button.

 Thefocusisnowlocked,and[f]and

theMFindicatoraredisplayed.

 TocancelAFlock,releasetheshutter

button,holdtheshutterbuttonhalfway

downagain,andpressthe<q>button.

2 Composetheshotandshoot.

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Activating Flash

Youcanhavetheashreforeachshot.Fordetailsontheashrange,see

“Specications”(=



203).

1 Raisetheash.

 Pressthe<h>button.

2 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<r>button,choose[h](either

pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dial),andthenpressthe<m>

button.

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[h]is

displayed.

• Thesettingscreencannotbeaccessedbypressingthe<r>

buttonwhentheashislowered.Pressthe<h>buttontoraise

theash,thencongurethesetting.

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Shooting with Slow Synchro

Withthisoption,theashrestoincreasethebrightnessofthemain

subject(suchaspeople)whilethecamerashootsataslowshutterspeedto

increasethebrightnessofthebackgroundthatisoutoftheashrange.

Fordetailsontheashrange,see“Specications”(=



203).

1 Raisetheash.

 Pressthe<h>button.

2 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<r>button,choose[Z](either

pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dial),andthenpressthe<m>

button.

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[Z]is

displayed.

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3 Shoot.

 Evenaftertheashres,ensurethat

themainsubjectdoesnotmoveuntilthe

shuttersoundisnishedplaying.

• Mountthecameraonatripodortakeothermeasurestokeepit

stillandpreventcamerashake.Additionally,youshouldset[IS

Mode]to[Off]whenusingatripodorothermeanstoholdthe

camerastill(=



101).

• Thesettingscreencannotbeaccessedbypressingthe<r>

buttonwhentheashislowered.Pressthe<h>buttontoraise

theash,thencongurethesetting.

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Adjusting the Flash Exposure Compensation

Justaswithregularexposurecompensation(=



81),youcanadjustthe

ashexposurefrom–2to+2stops,in1/3-stopincrements.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[X]in

themenu,andadjustthesettingbyeither

pressingthe<q><r>buttonsorturning

the<5>dial(=



37).

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[X]is

displayed.

• Whenthereisariskofoverexposure,thecameraautomaticallyadjuststhe

shutterspeedoraperturevalueduringtheashshotstoreducewashed-out

highlightsandshootatoptimalexposure.However,youcandeactivateautomatic

adjustmentoftheshutterspeedandaperturevaluebyaccessing<

>

38)andsetting[SafetyFE]in[FlashSettings]onthe[

]tabto[Off].

• Youcanalsoconguretheashexposurecompensationbyaccessing

<n>(=



38)andchoosing[FlashExp.Comp]in[FlashSettings]on

the[4]tab.

• Youcanalsoaccessthe[FlashSettings]<n>screenwhentheash

isupbypressingthe<r>buttonandimmediatelypressingthe<n>

button.

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Shooting with the FE Lock

JustaswiththeAElock(=



81),youcanlocktheexposurefortheash

shots.

1 Raisetheashandsetitto[h]



98).

2 Locktheashexposure.

 Aimthecameraatthesubjecttoshoot

withtheexposurelocked.Withthe

shutterbuttonpressedhalfway,pressthe

button.

 Theashres,andwhen[ ]is

displayed,theashoutputlevelis

retained.

 TounlockFE,releasetheshutterbutton

andpressthebuttonagain.Inthis

case,[

]isnolongerdisplayed.

3 Composetheshotandshoot.

 Afteroneshot,FEisunlockedand[ ]is

nolongerdisplayed.

• FE:FlashExposure

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Other Settings

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Changing the Compression Ratio (Image Quality)

Choosefromtwocompressionratios,asfollows:[ ](SuperFine),

[ ](Fine).Forguidelinesonhowmanyshotsateachcompressionratio

cantonamemorycard,see“Specications”(=



203).

 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[ ]in

themenu,andchoosethedesiredoption



37).

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Changing the IS Mode Settings

 Pressthe<n>button,choose[IS

Mode]onthe[4]tab,andthenpressthe

<q><r>buttonstochoosethedesired

option(=



38).

Continuous

Optimalimagestabilization

fortheshootingconditionsis

automaticallyapplied(Intelligent

IS)(=



47).

ShootOnly

Imagestabilizationisactiveonlyat

themomentofshooting.

Off Deactivatesimagestabilization.

*Thesettingischangedto[Continuous]formovie

recording.

• Ifimagestabilizationcannotpreventcamerashake,mountthe

cameraonatripodortakeothermeasurestoholditstill.Inthis

case,set[ISMode]to[Off].

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Tv, Av, and M Mode

Takesmarter,moresophisticatedshots

• Instructionsinthischapterapplytothecameraassettotherespective

mode.

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Specic Shutter Speeds (<Tv> Mode)

Setyourpreferredshutterspeedbeforeshootingasfollows.Thecamera

automaticallyadjuststheaperturevaluetosuityourshutterspeed.

Fordetailsonavailableshutterspeeds,see“Specications”(=



203).

1 Enter<M>mode.

 Setthemodedialto<M>.

2 Settheshutterspeed.

 Turnthe<5>dialtosettheshutter

speed.

• Withshutterspeedsof1.3secondsorslower,therewillbeadelay

beforeyoucanshootagain,asimagesareprocessedtoremove

noise.

• Whenshootingatlowshutterspeedsonatripod,youshouldset

[ISMode]to[Off](=



101).

• Maximumshutterspeedwiththeashis1/2000second.Ifyou

specifyafasterspeed,thecamerawillautomaticallyresetthe

speedto1/2000secondbeforeshooting.

• Orangedisplayofaperturevalueswhenyoupresstheshutter

buttonhalfwayindicatesthatthesettingsdeviatefromstandard

exposure.Adjusttheshutterspeeduntiltheaperturevalueis

displayedinwhite,orusesafetyshift(=



105).

• <M>:Timevalue

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Specic Aperture Values (<Av> Mode)

Setyourpreferredaperturevaluebeforeshootingasfollows.Thecamera

automaticallyadjuststheshutterspeedtosuityouraperturevalue.

Fordetailsonavailableaperturevalues,see“Specications”(=



203).

1 Entermode.

 Setthemodedialto.

2 Settheaperturevalue.

 Turnthe<5>dialtosettheaperture

value.

• Orangedisplayofshutterspeedswhenyoupresstheshutter

buttonhalfwayindicatesthatthesettingsdeviatefromstandard

exposure.Adjusttheaperturevalueuntiltheshutterspeedis

displayedinwhite,orusesafetyshift(seebelow).

• :Aperturevalue(sizeoftheopeningmadebytheirisinthelens)

• Toavoidexposureproblemsin<M>andmodes,youcanhavethe

cameraautomaticallyadjusttheshutterspeedoraperturevalue,evenwhen

standardexposurecannototherwisebeobtained.Pressthe<n>button

andset[SafetyShift]onthe[4]tabto[On](=



38).However,safetyshift

isdisabledwhentheashres.

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Specic Shutter Speeds and Aperture

Values (<M> Mode)

Followthesestepsbeforeshootingtosetyourpreferredshutterspeed

andaperturevaluetoobtainthedesiredexposure.Fordetailsonavailable

shutterspeedsandaperturevalues,see“Specications”(=



203).

1 Enter<D>mode.

 Setthemodedialto<D>.

ApertureValue

ShutterSpeed

StandardExposure

Level

ExposureLevelMark

ExposureLevelIndicator

2 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthebutton,choose

adjustmentofshutterspeedoraperture

value,andturnthe<5>dialtospecify

avalue.

 Anexposurelevelmarkbasedonyour

speciedvalueisshownontheexposure

levelindicatorforcomparisontothe

standardexposurelevel.

 Theexposurelevelmarkisshown

inorangewhenthedifferencefrom

standardexposureexceeds2stops.“–2”

or“+2”isdisplayedinorangeinthelower

rightwhenyoupresstheshutterbutton

halfway.

• Afteryousettheshutterspeedoraperturevalue,theexposure

levelmaychangeifyouadjustthezoomorrecomposetheshot.

• Screenbrightnessmaychangedependingonyourspecied

shutterspeedoraperturevalue.However,screenbrightness

remainsthesamewhentheashisupandthemodeissetto[h].

• Tohavethesettingyoudidnotcongureinstep2(whethershutter

speedoraperturevalue)automaticallyadjustedtoobtainstandard

exposure,holdtheshutterbuttonhalfwayandpressthe

button.Notethatstandardexposuremaynotbepossiblewith

somesettings.

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SpecicShutterSpeedsandApertureValues(<M>Mode)

• <D>:Manual

• Calculationofstandardexposureisbasedonthespeciedmeteringmethod



82).

StillImages

Adjusting the Flash Output

Choosefromthethreeashlevelsin<D>mode.

1 Enter<D>mode.

 Setthemodedialto<D>.

2 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<m>button,choose[X]in

themenu,andadjustthesettingbyeither

pressingthe<q><r>buttonsorturning

the<

>dial(=



37).

 Oncethesettingiscomplete,[X]is

displayed.

• Youcanalsosettheashlevelbyaccessing<n>(=



38)and

choosing[FlashOutput]in[FlashSettings]onthe[4]tab.

• Youcansettheashlevelin<M>ormodebyaccessing<n>



38),choosing[FlashSettings]onthe[4]tab,andthensetting[Flash

Mode]to[Manual].

• Youcanalsoaccessthe[FlashSettings]<n>screenasfollows.

-Whentheashisup,pressthe<r>buttonandimmediatelypressthe

<n>button.

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Playback Mode

Havefunreviewingyourshots,andbrowseoreditthem

inmanyways

• Topreparethecamerafortheseoperations,pressthe<1>buttonto

enterPlaybackmode.

• Itmaynotbepossibletoplaybackoreditimagesthatwere

renamedoralreadyeditedonacomputer,orimagesfromother

cameras.

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StillImages Movies

Viewing

Aftershootingimagesormovies,youcanviewthemonthescreenas

follows.

1 EnterPlaybackmode.

 Pressthe<1>button.

 Yourlastshotisdisplayed.

2 Browsethroughyourimages.

 Toviewthepreviousimage,press

the<q>buttonorturnthe<5>dial

counterclockwise.Toviewthenext

image,pressthe<r>buttonorturnthe

<5>dialclockwise.

 Pressandholdthe<q><r>buttonsto

browsethroughimagesquickly.Images

appeargrainyatthistime.

 ToaccessScrollDisplaymode,turn

the<5>dialrapidly.Inthismode,

turnthe<5>dialtobrowsethrough

images.

 Toreturntosingle-imagedisplay,press

the<m>button.

 Tobrowseimagesgroupedbyshooting

date,pressthe<o>buttonsin

ScrollDisplaymode.

 Moviesareidentiedbya[ ]icon.To

playmovies,gotostep3.

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Viewing

Volume

3 Playmovies.

 Tostartplayback,pressthe<m>button

toaccessthemoviecontrolpanel,press

the<q><r>buttonstochoose[

],and

thenpressthe<m>buttonagain.

4 Adjustthevolume.

 Pressthe<o>buttonstoadjustthe

volume.

5 Pauseplayback.

 Topauseorresumeplayback,pressthe

<m>button.

 Afterthemovieisnished,[ ]is

displayed.

• ToswitchtoShootingmodefromPlaybackmode,presstheshutterbutton

halfway.

• TodeactivateScrollDisplay,pressthe<n>button,choose[Scroll

Display]onthe[1]tab,andthenchoose[Off].

• Ifyouprefertohavethemostrecentshotdisplayedwhenyouenterplayback

mode,pressthe<n>button,andonthe[1]tab,choose[Resume]and

then[Lastshot].

• Tochangethetransitionshownbetweenimages,pressthe<n>button,

choose[Transition]onthe[1]tab,andthenpressthe<q><r>buttonsto

choosetheeffect.

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Viewing

StillImages Movies

Switching Display Modes

Pressthe<l>buttontoviewotherinformationonthescreen,ortohide

theinformation.Fordetailsontheinformationdisplayed,see=



190.

NoInformation

Display

Simple

Information

Display

Detailed

Information

Display

Enablesyouto

checkthefocus

(=113)*

*Notshownformovies.

• Switchingdisplaymodesbypressingthe<l>buttonisalsopossible

immediatelyafteryoushoot,whileyourshotisdisplayed.However,simple

informationdisplayisnotavailable.Tochangetheinitialdisplaymode,press

the<n>buttonandchoose[ReviewInfo]onthe[4]tab(=



64).

StillImages Movies

OverexposureWarning(forImageHighlights)

Washed-outhighlightsintheimageashonthescreenindetailed

informationdisplay.

StillImages Movies

Histogram

High

Dark

Low

Bright

 Thegraphindetailedinformationdisplay

isahistogramshowingthedistributionof

brightnessintheimage.Thehorizontal

axisrepresentsthedegreeofbrightness,

andtheverticalaxis,howmuchofthe

imageisateachlevelofbrightness.

Viewingthehistogramisawaytocheck

exposure.

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StillImages

Checking the Focus

Tocheckthefocusofyourshots,youcanmagnifytheareaoftheimage

thatwasintheAFframeatthetimeofshooting.

1 AccessFocusCheck.

 Pressthe<l>button(=



112).

 AwhiteframeisdisplayedwheretheAF

framewaswhenthefocuswasset.

 Grayframesaredisplayedoverfaces

detectedlater,inPlaybackmode.

 Theportionoftheimageintheorange

frameismagnied.

2 Switchframes.

 Movethezoomlevertoward<k>once.

 Thescreenatleftisdisplayed.

 Toswitchtoadifferentframewhenthere

aremultipleframes,pressthe<m>

button.

3 Zoominorout,orviewother

imageareas.

 Asyouexaminethefocus,usethe

zoomlevertozoominorout.Pressthe

<o><q><r>buttonstoadjustthe

displayposition.

 Pressthe<n>buttontorestorethe

originaldisplayinstep1.

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Browsing and Filtering Images

StillImages Movies

Navigating Through Images in an Index

Bydisplayingmultipleimagesinanindex,youcanquicklyndtheimages

youarelookingfor.

1 Displayimagesinanindex.

 Movethezoomlevertoward<g>to

displayimagesinanindex.Movingthe

leveragainwillincreasethenumberof

imagesshown.

 Todisplayfewerimages,movethezoom

levertoward<k>.Fewerimagesare

showneachtimeyoumovethelever.

2 Chooseanimage.

 Turnthe<5>dialtoscrollthroughthe

images.

 Pressthe<o><q><r>buttonsto

chooseanimage.

 Anorangeframeisdisplayedaroundthe

selectedimage.

 Pressthe<m>buttontoviewthe

selectedimageinsingle-imagedisplay.

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BrowsingandFilteringImages

StillImages Movies

Finding Images Matching Specied Conditions

Finddesiredimagesquicklyonamemorycardfullofimagesbyltering

imagedisplayaccordingtoyourspeciedconditions.Youcanalsoprotect



120)ordelete(=



124)theseimagesallatonce.

Favorites

Displaysimagestaggedasfavorites(=



129).

ShotDate Displaystheimagesshotonaspecicdate.

MyCategory

Displaystheimagesofaspeciccategory(=



130).

Stillimage/Movie Displaysonlystillimagesormovies.

1 Choosetherstconditionfor

imagedisplayornavigation.

 Insingle-imagedisplay,pressthe<o>

button,andthenpressthe<o>

buttonstochooseadisplaylter.

 When[ ]isselected,youcanview

onlyimagesmatchingthisconditionby

pressingthe<q><r>buttons.Toperform

anactionforalloftheseimagestogether,

pressthe<m>buttonandgotostep3.

2 Choosethesecondcondition

andchecktheimagesfound.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonstochoose

anothercondition.Onceyouturnthe

<5>dial,youcanviewtheimages

narroweddownbyyourconditions.

 Tocancelthismode,pressthe<n>

button.

 Toswitchtolteredimagedisplay,press

the<m>buttonandgotostep3.

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3 Viewthelteredimages.

 Imagesmatchingyourconditionsare

displayedinyellowframes.Toview

onlytheseimages,pressthe<q><r>

buttons,orturnthe<5>dial.

 Toexitlteredimagedisplay,pressthe

<o>button,andafter[Imagesearch

canceled]isdisplayed,pressthe<m>

button.

• Whenthecamerahasfoundnocorrespondingimagesforsome

conditions,thoseconditionswillnotbeavailable.

• Toshoworhideinformation,pressthe<l>buttoninstep2.

• Optionsforviewingtheimagesfound(instep3)include“Navigating

ThroughImagesinanIndex”(=



114),“ViewingSlideshows”(=



118),

and“MagnifyingImages”(=



117).Youcanprotect,erase,orprintall

imagesfoundoraddthemtoaphotobookbychoosing[SelectAllImages

inSearch]in“ProtectingImages”(=



120),“ErasingAllImages”(=



124),

“AddingImagestothePrintList(DPOF)”(=



173),or“AddingImagestoa

Photobook”(=



177).

• However,ifyourecategorizeimages(=



130)oreditthemandsavethem

asnewimages(=



133–138),amessageisdisplayedandlteredimage

displayends.

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Image Viewing Options

StillImages

Magnifying Images

ApproximatePositionof

DisplayedArea

1 Magnifyanimage.

 Movingthezoomlevertoward<k>will

zoominandmagnifytheimage.You

canmagnifyimagesuptoabout10xby

continuingtoholdthezoomlever.

 Tozoomout,movethezoomlever

toward<g>.Youcanreturntosingle-

imagedisplaybycontinuingtoholdit.

2 Movethedisplaypositionand

switchimagesasneeded.

 Tomovethedisplayposition,pressthe

<o><q><r>buttons.

 Toswitchtootherimageswhilezoomed,

turnthe<5>dial.

• Youcanreturntosingle-imagedisplayfrommagnieddisplaybypressing

the<n>button.

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StillImages Movies

Viewing Slideshows

Automaticallyplaybackimagesfromamemorycardasfollows.

1 Accessthesettingscreen.

 Pressthe<n>button,andthen

choose[Slideshow]onthe[1]tab



38).

2 Congurethesetting.

 Chooseamenuitemtocongure,and

thenchoosethedesiredoption(=



38).

3 Startautomaticplayback.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[Start],andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 Theslideshowwillstartafewseconds

after[Loadingimage...]isdisplayed.

 Pressthe<n>buttontostopthe

slideshow.

• Thecamera’spower-savingfunctions(=



34)aredeactivated

duringslideshows.

• Topauseorresumeslideshows,pressthe<m>button.

• Youcanswitchtootherimagesduringplaybackbypressingthe<q><r>

buttonsorturningthe<5>dial.Forfast-forwardorfast-rewind,holdthe

<q><r>buttonsdown.

• [PlayTime]cannotbemodiedwhen[Bubble]ischosenin[Effect].

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StillImages

Auto Playback of Similar Images (Smart Shufe)

Basedonthecurrentimage,thecameraoffersfourimagessimilartoit

thatyoumaywishtoview.Afteryouchoosetoviewoneofthoseimages,

thecameraoffersfourmoreimages.Thisisanenjoyablewaytoplayback

imagesinanunexpectedorder.Trythisfeatureafteryouhavetakenmany

shots,inmanykindsofscenes.

1 ChooseSmartShufe.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[SmartShufe]onthe[1]tab,andthen

pressthe<m>button(=



38).

 Fourcandidateimagesaredisplayed.

2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<o><q><r>buttonsto

choosetheimageyouwanttoviewnext.

 Yourchosenimageisdisplayedinthe

center,surroundedbythenextfour

candidateimages.

 Forfull-screendisplayofthecenter

image,pressthe<m>button.Torestore

theoriginaldisplay,pressthe<m>

buttonagain.

 Pressthe<n>buttontorestore

single-imagedisplay.

• Onlystillimagesshotwiththiscameraareplayedbackusing

SmartShufe.

• SmartShufeisnotavailableinthefollowingcases:

-Therearelessthan50shotstakenwiththiscamera

-Anunsupportedimageiscurrentlydisplayed

-Imagesareshowninltereddisplay(=



115)

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Protecting Images

Protectimportantimagestopreventaccidentalerasurebythecamera



124).

Choosing a Selection Method

1 Accessthesettingscreen.

 Pressthe<n>buttonandchoose

[Protect]onthe[1]tab(=



38).

2 Chooseaselectionmethod.

 Chooseamenuitemandasettingas

desired(=



38).

 Toreturntothemenuscreen,pressthe

<n>button.

• Protectedimagesonamemorycardwillbeerasedifyouformat

thecard(=



146,147).

• Protectedimagescannotbeerasedusingthecamera’serasurefunction.To

erasethemthisway,rstcancelprotection.

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ProtectingImages

Choosing Images Individually

1 Choose[Select].

 Followingstep2on=



120,choose

[Select]andpressthe<m>button.

2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage,andthen

pressthe<m>button.[

]isdisplayed.

 Tocancelselection,pressthe<m>

buttonagain.[

]isnolongerdisplayed.

 Repeatthisprocesstospecifyother

images.

3 Protecttheimage.

 Pressthe<n>button.

Aconrmationmessageisdisplayed.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[OK],andthenpress

the<m>button.

• ImageswillnotbeprotectedifyouswitchtoShootingmodeorturn

thecameraoffbeforenishingthesetupprocessinstep3.

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ProtectingImages

Selecting a Range

1 Choose[SelectRange].

 Followingstep2on=



120,choose

[SelectRange]andpressthe<m>

button.

2 Chooseastartingimage.

 Pressthe<m>button.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

3 Chooseanendingimage.

 Pressthe<r>buttontochoose[Last

image],andthenpressthe<m>button.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 Imagesbeforetherstimagecannotbe

selectedasthelastimage.

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ProtectingImages

4 Protecttheimages.

 Pressthebuttontochoose

[Protect],andthenpressthe<m>

button.

• Youcanalsochoosetherstorlastimagebyturningthe<5>dialwhenthe

topscreeninsteps2and3isdisplayed.

Specifying All Images at Once

1 Choose[SelectAllImages].

 Followingstep2on=



120,choose

[SelectAllImages]andpressthe<m>

button.

2 Protecttheimages.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[Protect],andthen

pressthe<m>button.

• Tocancelprotectionforgroupsofimages,choose[Unlock]instep4of

“SelectingaRange”orinstep2of“SpecifyingAllImagesatOnce”.

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Erasing Images

Youcanchooseanderaseunneededimagesonebyone.Becarefulwhen

erasingimages,becausetheycannotberecovered.However,protected

images(=



120)cannotbeerased.

1 Chooseanimagetoerase.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage.

2 Erasetheimage.

 Pressthe<a>button.

 After[Erase?]isdisplayed,pressthe

<q><r>buttonstochoose[Erase],and

thenpressthe<m>button.

 Thecurrentimageisnowerased.

 Tocancelerasure,pressthe<q><r>

buttonsorturnthe<5>dialtochoose

[Cancel],andthenpressthe<m>

button.

Erasing All Images

Youcaneraseallimagesatonce.Becarefulwhenerasingimages,

becausetheycannotberecovered.However,protectedimages(=



120)

cannotbeerased.

ChoosingaSelectionMethod

1 Accessthesettingscreen.

 Pressthe<n>button,andthen

choose[Erase]onthe[1]tab(=



38).

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2 Chooseaselectionmethod.

 Chooseamenuitemandasettingas

desired(=



38).

 Toreturntothemenuscreen,pressthe

<n>button.

ChoosingImagesIndividually

1 Choose[Select].

 Followingstep2above,choose[Select]

andpressthe<m>button.

2 Chooseanimage.

 Onceyoufollowstep2on=



121to

chooseanimage,[

]isdisplayed.

 Tocancelselection,pressthe<m>

buttonagain.[

]isnolongerdisplayed.

 Repeatthisprocesstospecifyother

images.

3 Erasetheimage.

 Pressthe<n>button.A

conrmationmessageisdisplayed.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[OK],andthenpress

the<m>button.

SelectingaRange

1 Choose[SelectRange].

 Followingstep2in“ChoosingaSelection

Method”(seeabove),choose[Select

Range]andpressthe<m>button.

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ErasingImages

2 Chooseimages.

 Followsteps2–3on=



122tospecify

images.

3 Erasetheimages.

 Pressthebuttontochoose[Erase],

andthenpressthe<m>button.

SpecifyingAllImagesatOnce

1 Choose[SelectAllImages].

 Followingstep2in“ChoosingaSelection

Method”(=



125),choose[SelectAll

Images]andpressthe<m>button.

2 Erasetheimages.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[OK],andthenpress

the<m>button.

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Rotating Images

Changetheorientationofimagesandsavethemasfollows.

1 Choose[Rotate].

 Pressthe<n>buttonandchoose

[Rotate]onthe[1]tab(=



38).

2 Rotatetheimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage.

 Theimageisrotated90°eachtimeyou

pressthe<m>button.

 Toreturntothemenuscreen,pressthe

<n>button.

• Movieswithanimagequalityof[ ]cannotberotated.

• Rotationisnotpossiblewhen[AutoRotate]issetto[Off]



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Deactivating Auto Rotation

Followthesestepstodeactivateautomaticrotationbythecamera,which

rotatesimagesshotinverticalorientationsotheyaredisplayedverticallyon

thecamera.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose[Auto

Rotate]onthe[1]tab,andthenchoose

[Off](=



38).

• Imagescannotberotated(=



127)whenyouset[AutoRotate]to

[Off].Additionally,imagesalreadyrotatedwillbedisplayedinthe

originalorientation.

• InSmartShufe(=



119)mode,evenif[AutoRotate]issetto

[Off],imagesshotverticallywillbedisplayedvertically,androtated

imageswillbedisplayedintherotatedorientation.

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Image Categories

YoucantagimagesasfavoritesorassignthemtoMyCategory(=



130)

groups.Bychoosingacategoryinlteredplayback,youcanrestrictthe

followingoperationstoallofthoseimages.

• Viewing(=



110),ViewingSlideshows(=



118),ProtectingImages



120),ErasingImages(=



124),AddingImagestothePrintList

(DPOF)(=



173),AddingImagestoaPhotobook(=



177)

StillImages Movies

Tagging Images as Favorites

1 Choose[Favorites].

 Pressthe<n>buttonandchoose

[Favorites]onthe[1]tab(=



38).

2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage,andthen

pressthe<m>button.[

]isdisplayed.

 Tountagtheimage,pressthe<m>

buttonagain.[

]isnolongerdisplayed.

 Repeatthisprocesstochooseadditional

images.

3 Finishthesetupprocess.

 Pressthe<n>button.A

conrmationmessageisdisplayed.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[OK],andthenpress

the<m>button.

• ImageswillnotbetaggedasfavoritesifyouswitchtoShooting

modeorturnthecameraoffbeforenishingthesetupprocessin

step3.

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ImageCategories

• Favoriteimageswillhaveathree-starrating( )when

transferredtocomputersrunningWindows7orWindowsVista.(Doesnot

applytomovies.)

StillImages Movies

Organizing Images by Category (My Category)

Youcanorganizeimagesintocategories.Notethatimagesare

automaticallycategorizedatthetimeofshooting,accordingtoshooting

conditions.

: Imageswithdetectedfaces,orimagesshotin[I]mode.

: Imagesdetectedas[ ],[ ],or[ ]in<A>mode.

: Imagesshotin[P]or[t]mode.

ChoosingaSelectionMethod

1 Accessthesettingscreen.

 Pressthe<n>button,andthen

choose[MyCategory]onthe[1]tab



38).

2 Chooseaselectionmethod.

 Chooseamenuitemandasettingas

desired(=



38).

 Toreturntothemenuscreen,pressthe

<n>button.

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ImageCategories

ChoosingImagesIndividually

1 Choose[Select].

 Followingstep2on=



130,choose

[Select]andpressthe<m>button.

2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage.

3 Chooseacategory.

 Pressthe<o>buttonstochoose

acategoryandthenpressthe<m>

button.[

]isdisplayed.

 Tocancelselection,pressthe<m>

buttonagain.[

]isnolongerdisplayed.

 Repeatthisprocesstochooseadditional

images.

4 Finishthesetupprocess.

 Pressthe<n>button.A

conrmationmessageisdisplayed.Press

the<q><r>buttonsorturnthe<5>

dialtochoose[OK],andthenpressthe

<m>button.

• ImageswillnotbeassignedtoacategoryifyouswitchtoShooting

modeorturnthecameraoffbeforenishingthesetupprocessin

step4.

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SelectingaRange

1 Choose[SelectRange].

 Followingstep2on=



130,choose

[SelectRange]andpressthe<m>

button.

2 Chooseimages.

 Followsteps2–3on=



122tospecify

images.

3 Chooseacategory.

 Pressthebuttontochoosethetype

ofimage,andthenpressthe<q><r>

buttonsorturnthe<5>dialtochoose

acategory.

4 Finishthesetupprocess.

 Pressthebuttontochoose[Select],

andthenpressthe<m>button.

• Youcancleartheselectionofallimagesinthe[SelectRange]categoryby

choosing[Deselect]instep4.

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StillImages Movies

Editing Still Images

• Imageediting(=



133–138)isonlyavailablewhenthememory

cardhassufcientfreespace.

StillImages

Resizing Images

Saveacopyofimagesatalowerresolution.

1 Choose[Resize].

 Pressthe<n>buttonandchoose

[Resize]onthe[1]tab(=



38).

2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

3 Chooseanimagesize.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoosethesize,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 [Savenewimage?]isdisplayed.

4 Savethenewimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[OK],andthenpress

the<m>button.

 Theimageisnowsavedasanewle.

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5 Reviewthenewimage.

 Pressthe<n>button.[Displaynew

image?]isdisplayed.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[Yes],andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 Thesavedimageisnowdisplayed.

• Editingisnotpossibleforimagessavedas[ ]instep3.

• Imagescannotberesizedtoahigherresolution.

StillImages

Cropping

Youcanspecifyaportionofanimagetosaveasaseparateimagele.

1 Choose[Cropping].

 Pressthe<n>button,andthen

choose[Cropping]onthe[1]tab



38).

2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

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PreviewofImageAfterCropping

CroppingArea

ResolutionAfterCropping

3 Adjustthecroppingarea.

 Aframeisdisplayedaroundtheportionof

theimagetobecropped.

 Theoriginalimageisshownintheupper

left,andapreviewoftheimageas

croppedisshowninthelowerright.

 Toresizetheframe,movethezoom

lever.

 Tomovetheframe,pressthe

<o><q><r>buttons.

 Tochangetheframeorientation,press

the<l>button.

 Facesdetectedintheimageare

enclosedingrayframesintheupper-left

image.Tocroptheimagebasedonthis

frame,turnthe<5>dialtoswitchtothe

otherframe.

 Pressthe<m>button.

4 Saveasanewimageand

review.

 Followsteps4–5on=



133–134.

• Editingisnotpossibleforimagesshotataresolutionof[ ]



55)orresizedto[ ](=



133).

• Imagessupportedforcroppingwillhavethesameaspectratioafter

cropping.

• Croppedimageswillhaveasmallerresolutionthanuncroppedimages.

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StillImages

Changing Image Color Tones (My Colors)

Youcanadjustimagecolorsandthensavetheeditedimageasaseparate

le.Fordetailsoneachoption,see=



86.

1 Choose[MyColors].

 Pressthe<n>button,andthen

choose[MyColors]onthe[1]tab



38).

2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

3 Chooseanoption.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanoption,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

4 Saveasanewimageand

review.

 Followsteps4–5on=



133–134.

• Imagequalityofpicturesyourepeatedlyeditthiswaywillbealittle

lowereachtime,andyoumaynotbeabletoobtainthedesired

color.

• Thecolorofimageseditedusingthisfunctionmayvaryslightlyfromthe

colorofimagesshotusingMyColors(=



86).

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StillImages

Correcting Image Brightness (i-Contrast)

Excessivelydarkimageareas(suchasfacesorbackgrounds)canbe

detectedandautomaticallyadjustedtotheoptimalbrightness.Insufcient

overallimagecontrastisalsoautomaticallycorrected,tomakesubjects

standoutbetter.Choosefromfourcorrectionlevels,andthensavethe

imageasaseparatele.

1 Choose[i-Contrast].

 Pressthe<n>button,andthen

choose[i-Contrast]onthe[1]tab



38).

2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

3 Chooseanoption.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanoption,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

4 Saveasanewimageand

review.

 Followsteps4–5on=



133–134.

• Forsomeimages,correctionmaybeinaccurateormaycause

imagestoappeargrainy.

• Imagesmaylookgrainyafterrepeatededitingusingthisfunction.

• If[Auto]doesnotproducetheexpectedresults,trycorrectingimagesusing

[Low],[Medium],or[High].

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StillImages

Correcting Red-Eye

Automaticallycorrectsimagesaffectedbyred-eye.Youcansavethe

correctedimageasaseparatele.

1 Choose[Red-EyeCorrection].

 Pressthe<n>button,andthen

choose[Red-EyeCorrection]onthe[1]

tab(=



38).

2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage.

3 Correcttheimage.

 Pressthe<m>button.

 Red-eyedetectedbythecameraisnow

corrected,andframesaredisplayed

aroundcorrectedimageareas.

 Enlargeorreduceimagesasneeded.

Followthestepsin=



117.

4

Saveasanewimageandreview.

 Pressthe<o><q><r>buttonsor

turnthe<5>dialtochoose[NewFile],

andthenpressthe<m>button.

 Theimageisnowsavedasanewle.

 Followstep5on=



134.

• Someimagesmaynotbecorrectedaccurately.

• Tooverwritetheoriginalimagewiththecorrectedimage,choose

[Overwrite]instep4.Inthiscase,theoriginalimagewillbeerased.

• Protectedimagescannotbeoverwritten.

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Movies

Editing Movies

Youcancutmoviestoremoveunneededportionsatthebeginningorend.

1 Choose[*].

 Followingsteps1–5on=



110–111,

choose[*]andpressthe<m>button.

 Themovieeditingpanelandeditingbar

arenowdisplayed.

MovieEditingPanel

MovieEditingBar

2 Specifyportionstocut.

 Pressthe<o>buttonstochoose

[

]or[ ].

 Toviewtheportionsyoucancut

(identiedby[

]onthescreen),press

the<q><r>buttonsorturnthe<5>

dialtomove[

].Cutthebeginningofthe

movie(from[

])bychoosing[ ],and

cuttheendofthemoviebychoosing

[

 Evenifyoumove[ ]toapositionother

thana[

]mark,choosing[ ]willonly

cuttheportionfromthenearest[

]to

theleft,andchoosing[

]willcutthe

portionfromthenearest[

]totheright.

3 Reviewtheeditedmovie.

 Pressthe<o>buttonstochoose

[

],andthenpressthe<m>button.

Theeditedmovieisnowplayed.

 Toeditthemovieagain,repeatstep2.

 Tocancelediting,pressthe<o>

buttonstochoose[

].Pressthe<m>

button,choose[OK](eitherpressthe

<q><r>buttonsorturnthe<5>dial),

andthenpressthe<m>buttonagain.

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4 Savetheeditedmovie.

 Pressthe<o>buttonstochoose

[

],andthenpressthe<m>button.

 Pressthe<o><q><r>buttonsor

turnthe<5>dialtochoose[NewFile],

andthenpressthe<m>button.

 Themovieisnowsavedasanewle.

• Tooverwritetheoriginalmoviewiththecutone,choose

[Overwrite]instep4.Inthiscase,theoriginalmoviewillbeerased.

• [Overwrite]isonlyavailablewhenmemorycardslacksufcient

freespace.

• Moviesmaynotbesavedifthebatteriesrunoutwhilesavingisin

progress.

• Wheneditingmovies,youshouldusebatterieswithsufcient

chargeorfullychargedNiMHAAbatteries(=



157),oranAC

adapterkitandDCcoupler(=



157,bothsoldseparately).

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Setting Menu

Customizeoradjustbasiccamerafunctionsforgreater

convenience

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Adjusting Basic Camera Functions

Functionscanbeconguredonthe[3]tab.Customizecommonlyused

functionsasdesired,forgreaterconvenience(=



38).

Silencing Camera Operations

Silencecamerasoundsandmoviesasfollows.

 Choose[Mute],andthenchoose[On].

• Operationcanalsobesilencedbyholdingdownthe<l>buttonasyou

turnthecameraon.

• Soundisnotplayedduringmoviesifyoumutecamerasounds(=



110).To

restoresoundduringmovies,pressthe<o>button.Adjustvolumewiththe

<o>buttons,asneeded.

• Soundsettingscannotbechangedin[

]mode(=



76).

Adjusting the Volume

Adjustthevolumeofindividualcamerasoundsasfollows.

 Choose[Volume],andthenpressthe

<m>button.

 Chooseanitem,andthenpressthe

<q><r>buttonstoadjustthevolume.

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Customizing Sounds

Customizecameraoperatingsoundsasfollows.

 Choose[SoundOptions],andthenpress

the<m>button.

 Chooseanitem,andthenpressthe

<q><r>buttonstochooseanoption.

Presetsounds

(cannotbemodied)

Presetsounds

Canbechangedbyusingtheincluded

software.

• Soundsettingscannotbechangedin[ ]mode(=



76).

Hiding Hints and Tips

HintsandtipsarenormallyshownwhenyouchooseFUNC.menu



37)orMenu(=



38)items.Ifyouprefer,youcandeactivatethis

information.

 Choose[Hints&Tips],andthenchoose

[Off].

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Screen Brightness

Adjustscreenbrightnessasfollows.

 Choose[LCDBrightness],andthen

pressthe<q><r>buttonstoadjustthe

brightness.

• Formaximumbrightness,pressandholdthe<l>buttonforatleast

onesecondwhentheshootingscreenisdisplayedorwheninsingle-image

display.(Thiswilloverridethe[LCDBrightness]settingonthe[3]tab.)To

restoretheoriginalbrightness,pressandholdthe<l>buttonagainfor

atleastonesecondorrestartthecamera.

Start-up Screen

Customizethestart-upscreenshownafteryouturnthecameraonas

follows.

 Choose[Start-upImage],andthenpress

the<m>button.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanoption.

Nostart-upimage

Presetimage

(cannotbemodied)

Presetimage

Assignadesiredshot,orusethe

includedsoftwaretochangetheimage.

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CustomizingtheStart-upScreen

1 Accessthe[Start-upImage]

screeninPlaybackmode.

 Pressthe<1>button.

 Followingthepreviousprocedure,choose

[2]andpressthe<m>button.

2 Chooseoneofyourshots.

 Chooseanimageandpressthe<m>

button.After[Register?]isdisplayed,

choose[OK](eitherpressthe<q><r>

buttonsorturnthe<5>dial),andthen

pressthe<m>button.

• Thepreviousstart-upsettingisoverwrittenwhenyouassignanew

start-upimage.

• Youcanassigntheoperatingsoundsandstart-upimageforyourcamera

fromtheincludedsoftware.RefertotheSoftware Guide(=



25)fordetails.

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Formatting Memory Cards

Beforeusinganewmemorycardoracardformattedinanotherdevice,you

shouldformatthecardwiththiscamera.

Formattingerasesalldataonamemorycard.Beforeformatting,copy

imagesonthememorycardtoacomputer,ortakeotherstepstobackthem

up.

AnEye-Ficard(=



179)containssoftwareonthecarditself.Before

formattinganEye-Ficard,installthesoftwareonacomputer.

1 Accessthe[Format]screen.

 Choose[Format],andthenpressthe

<m>button.

2 Choose[OK].

 Pressthe<o>buttonstochoose

[Cancel],choose[OK](eitherpressthe

<q><r>buttonsorturnthe<5>dial),

andthenpressthe<m>button.

3 Formatthememorycard.

 Tobegintheformattingprocess,press

the<o>buttonsorturnthe<5>

dialtochoose[OK],andthenpressthe

<m>button.

 Whenformattingisnished,[Memory

cardformattingcomplete]isdisplayed.

Pressthe<m>button.

• Formattingorerasingdataonamemorycardonlychangesle

managementinformationonthecardanddoesnoterasethedata

completely.Whentransferringordisposingofmemorycards,take

stepstoprotectpersonalinformationifnecessary,asbyphysically

destroyingcards.

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• Thetotalcardcapacityindicatedontheformattingscreenmaybelessthan

theadvertisedcapacity.

Low-LevelFormatting

Performlow-levelformattinginthesecases:[Memorycarderror]is

displayed,thecameraisnotworkingcorrectly,cardimagereading/writingis

slower,continuousshootingisslower,ormovierecordingsuddenlystops.

Low-levelformattingerasesalldataonamemorycard.Beforelow-level

formatting,copyimagesonthememorycardtoacomputer,ortakeother

stepstobackthemup.

Performlow-levelformatting.

 Onthescreeninstep2on=



146,

pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[LowLevelFormat],

andthenselectthisoption(markwitha

[

])bypressingthe<q><r>buttons.

 Followsteps2–3on=



146tocontinue

withtheformattingprocess.

• Low-levelformattingtakeslongerthan“FormattingMemoryCards”



146),becausedataiserasedfromallstorageregionsofthememory

card.

• Youcancancellow-levelformattinginprogressbychoosing[Stop].Inthis

case,alldatawillbeerased,butthememorycardcanbeusednormally.

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File Numbering

Yourshotsareautomaticallynumberedinsequentialorder(0001–9999)

andsavedinfoldersthatstoreupto2,000imageseach.Youcanchange

howthecameraassignslenumbers.

 Choose[FileNumbering],andthen

chooseanoption.

Continuous

Imagesarenumbered

consecutively(untilthe9999th

shotistaken/saved)evenif

youswitchmemorycards.

AutoReset

Imagenumberingisresetto

0001ifyouswitchmemory

cards,orwhenanewfolderis

created.

• Regardlessoftheoptionselectedinthissetting,shotsmaybenumbered

consecutivelyafterthelastnumberofexistingimagesonnewlyinserted

memorycards.Tostartsavingshotsfrom0001,useanempty(orformatted



146))memorycard.

• RefertotheSoftware Guide(=



25)forinformationonthecardfolder

structureandimageformats.

Date-Based Image Storage

Insteadofsavingimagesinfolderscreatedeachmonth,youcanhavethe

cameracreatefolderseachdayyoushoottostoreshotstakenthatday.

 Choose[CreateFolder],andthenchoose

[Daily].

 Imageswillnowbesavedinfolders

createdontheshootingdate.

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Lens Retraction Timing

Thelensisnormallyretractedforsafetyaboutoneminuteafteryoupress

the<1>buttoninShootingmode(=



34).Tohavethelensretracted

immediatelyafteryoupressthe<1>button,settheretractiontimingto

[0sec.].

 Choose[LensRetract],andthenchoose

[0sec.].

Power-Saving Adjustment

Adjustthetimingofautomaticcameraandscreendeactivation(AutoPower

DownandDisplayOff,respectively)asneeded(=



34).

1 Accessthe[PowerSaving]

screen.

 Choose[PowerSaving],andthenpress

the<m>button.

2 Congurethesettings.

 Afterchoosinganitem,pressthe

<q><r>buttonstoadjustitasneeded.

• Toconservebatterypower,youshouldnormallychoose[On]for

[AutoPowerDown]and[1min.]orlessfor[DisplayOff].

• The[DisplayOff]settingisappliedevenifyouset[AutoPowerDown]to

[Off].

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World Clock

Toensurethatyourshotswillhavethecorrectlocaldateandtimewhenyou

travelabroad,simplyregisterthedestinationinadvanceandswitchtothat

timezone.ThisconvenientfeatureeliminatestheneedtochangetheDate/

Timesettingmanually.

Beforeusingtheworldclock,besuretosetthedateandtimein“Settingthe

DateandTime”(=



17)andyourhometimezone.

1 Specifyyourdestination.

 Choose[TimeZone],andthenpressthe

<m>button.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[

World],andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoosethedestination.

 Tosetdaylightsavingtime(1hour

ahead),pressthe<o>buttonsto

choose[

 Pressthe<m>button.

2 Switchtothedestinationtime

zone.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[

World],andthen

pressthe<n>button.

 [ ]isnowshownontheshootingscreen

(“On-ScreenInformation”(=



188)).

• Adjustingthedateortimewhilein[ ]mode(=



17)willautomatically

updateyour[

Home]timeanddate.

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Changing the Date and Time

Adjustthedateandtimeasfollows.

1 Accessthe[Date/Time]screen.

 Choose[Date/Time],andthenpressthe

<m>button.

2 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonstochoosean

item,andthenadjustthesetting,either

bypressingthe<o>buttonsor

turningthe<5>dial.

Metric/Non-Metric Display

ChangetheunitofmeasurementshownintheMFindicator(=



91)and

zoombar(=



42)fromm/cmtoft/inasneeded.

 Choose[Units],andthenchoose[ft/in].

Checking Certication Logos

Somelogosforcerticationrequirementsmetbythecameracanbeviewed

onthescreen.Othercerticationlogosareprintedinthisguide,onthe

camerapackaging,oronthecamerabody.

 Choose[CerticationLogoDisplay],and

thenpressthe<m>button.

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Display Language

Changethedisplaylanguageasneeded.

1 Accessthe[Language]screen.

 Choose[Language ],andthenpress

the<m>button.

2 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<o><q><r>buttonsor

turnthe<5>dialtochoosealanguage,

andthenpressthe<m>button.

• Youcanalsoaccessthe[Language]screeninPlaybackmodebypressing

andholdingthe<m>buttonandimmediatelypressingthe<n>button.

Adjusting Other Settings

Thefollowingsettingscanalsobeadjustedonthe[3]tab.

• [VideoSystem](=



163)

• [CtrlviaHDMI](=



161)

• [Eye-FiSettings](=



179)

Restoring Defaults

Ifyouaccidentallychangeasetting,youcanrestoredefaultcamera

settings.

1 Accessthe[ResetAll]screen.

 Choose[ResetAll],andthenpressthe

<m>button.

2 Restoredefaultsettings.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[OK],andthenpress

the<m>button.

 Defaultsettingsarenowrestored.

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• Thefollowingfunctionsarenotrestoredtodefaultsettings.

-[3]tabsettings[Date/Time](=



17),[Language ](=



19),

[TimeZone](=



150),[VideoSystem](=



163),andtheimageassigned

to[Start-upImage](=



144)

-Customwhitebalancedatayouhaverecorded(=



85)

-Shootingmodechosenin<K>(=



67)or< >(=



71)mode

-Themoviemode(=



77)

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Accessories

Useincludedaccessorieseffectivelyandenjoythe

camerainmorewayswithoptionalCanonaccessories

andothercompatibleaccessoriessoldseparately

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Replacing the Date/Time Battery

Thedate/timebattery(back-upbattery)willlastaboutthreeyears.Ifthe

Date/Timescreenisdisplayedeverytimeyouturnthecameraon,replace

thedate/timebatterywithanewone(CR1220).

1 Makesurethecameraisoff.

2 Removethedate/timebattery

holder.

3 Replacethebattery.

 Insertthebatterywiththe(+)and(–)

sidesfacingthecorrectway.

4 Insertthebatteryholder.

5 Insertthebatteryandclosethe

cover.

6 Turnthecameraonandsetthe

dateandtime(=



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Optional Accessories

Thefollowingcameraaccessoriesaresoldseparately.Notethatavailability

variesbyarea,andsomeaccessoriesmaynolongerbeavailable.

Power Supplies

ACAdapterKitACK800

 Forpoweringthecamerausing

householdpower.Recommendedwhen

usingthecameraoverextendedperiods,

orwhenconnectingthecameratoa

printerorcomputer.Cannotbeusedto

chargethecamerabatteries.DCCoupler

DR-DC10isrequiredtoconnectthe

adaptertothecamera.

DCCouplerDR-DC10

 UsedwiththeACadapterkit

BatteryandChargerKitCBK4-300

 IncludesfourrechargeableAANiMH

batteries(NB-3AH)andabatterycharger

(CB-5AH).Recommendedwhenusing

thecameraoverextendedperiods.

• AsetoffourrechargeableAANiMHbatteries(NiMHBatteryNB4-300)isalso

availablewithoutthecharger.

• BatteryandChargerKitCBK4-200canalsobeused.

• ThebatteryandchargerkitandACadapterkitcanbeusedin

areaswith100–240VACpower(50/60Hz).

• Forpoweroutletsinadifferentformat,useacommercially

availableadapterfortheplug.Neveruseanelectricaltransformer

designedfortraveling,whichmaydamagethebattery.

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OptionalAccessories

Flash Unit

High-PowerFlashHF-DC2

 Externalashforilluminatingsubjects

thatareoutofrangeofthebuilt-inash.

High-PowerFlashHF-DC1canalsobe

used.

Other Accessories

StereoAVCableAVC-DC400ST

 ConnectthecameratoaTVtoenjoy

playbackonthelargerTVscreen.

HDMICableHTC-100

 ForconnectingthecameratoanHDMI

inputofahigh-denitionTV.

Printers

CanonPictBridge-Compatible

Printers

 Printingimageswithoutacomputeris

possiblebyconnectingthecameratoa

CanonPictBridge-compatibleprinter.For

details,visityournearestCanondealer.

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StillImages Movies

Using Optional Accessories

StillImages Movies

Playback on a TV

ByconnectingthecameratoaTV,youcanviewyourshotsonthelarger

screenoftheTV.

Fordetailsonconnectionorhowtoswitchinputs,refertotheTVmanual.

• SomeinformationmaynotbedisplayedontheTV(=



190).

StillImages Movies

PlaybackonaHigh-DenitionTV

ConnectingthecameratoanHDTVwiththeHDMICableHTC-100(sold

separately)enablesyoutoviewyourshotsonthelargerscreenoftheTV.

Moviesshotataresolutionof[ ]canbeviewedinhigh-denition.

1 MakesurethecameraandTV

areoff.

2 ConnectthecameratotheTV.

 OntheTV,insertthecableplugfullyinto

theHDMIinputasshown.

 Onthecamera,opentheterminalcover

andinsertthecableplugfullyintothe

cameraterminal.

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3 TurntheTVonandswitchto

videoinput.

 SwitchtheTVinputtothevideoinputyou

connectedthecabletoinstep2.

4 Turnthecameraon.

 Pressthe<1>buttontoturnthecamera

on.

 Imagesfromthecameraarenow

displayedontheTV.(Nothingis

displayedonthecamerascreen.)

 Whennished,turnoffthecameraand

TVbeforedisconnectingthecable.

• Cameraoperatingsoundsarenotplayedwhilethecameraisconnectedto

anHDTV.

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StillImages Movies

ControllingtheCamerawithaTVRemote

ConnectingthecameratoanHDMICEC-compatibleTVenablesplayback

(includingslideshowplayback)usingtheTVremotecontrol.

Inthiscase,youwillneedtoadjustsomeTVsettings.Fordetails,referto

theTVusermanual.

1 Congurethesetting.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[CtrlviaHDMI]onthe[3]tab,andthen

choose[Enable](=



38).

2 ConnectthecameratotheTV.

 Followsteps1–2on=



159toconnect

thecameratotheTV.

3 Displayimages.

 TurnontheTV.Onthecamera,pressthe

<1>button.

 Imagesfromthecameraarenow

displayedontheTV.(Nothingis

displayedonthecamerascreen.)

4 ControlthecamerawiththeTV

remote.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsontheremote

tobrowseimages.

 Todisplaythecameracontrolpanel,

presstheOK/Selectbutton.Select

controlpanelitemsbypressingthe

<q><r>buttonstochooseanitem,and

thenpressingtheOK/Selectbuttonagain.

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CameraControlPanelOptionsShownontheTV

Return Closesthemenu.

PlayMovie

Startsmovieplayback.(Onlydisplayedwhenamovie

isselected.)

Slideshow

Startsslideshowplayback.Toswitchimagesduring

playback,pressthe<q><r>buttonsontheremote

control.

IndexPlayback Displaysmultipleimagesinanindex.

ChangeDisplay

Switchesdisplaymodes(=



36).

• Pressingthe<n>buttononthecamerawillswitchcontroltothe

cameraitself,whichwillpreventremotecontroluntilyoureturntosingle-

imagedisplay.

• Movingthezoomleveronthecamerawillswitchcontroltothecameraitself,

whichwillpreventremotecontroluntilyoureturntosingle-imagedisplay.

• Thecameramaynotalwaysrespondcorrectlyeveniftheremoteisforan

HDMICEC-compatibleTV.

StillImages Movies

PlaybackonaStandard-DenitionTV

ConnectingthecameratoaTVwiththeStereoAVCableAVC-DC400ST

(soldseparately)enablesyoutoviewyourshotsonthelargerscreenofthe

TVasyoucontrolthecamera.

1 MakesurethecameraandTV

areoff.

Red

White

Yellow

White

2 ConnectthecameratotheTV.

 OntheTV,insertthecableplugsfullyinto

thevideoinputsasshown.

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 Onthecamera,opentheterminalcover

andinsertthecableplugfullyintothe

cameraterminal.

3 Displayimages.

 Followsteps3–4on=



160todisplay

images.

• Correctdisplayisnotpossibleunlessthecameravideooutput

format(NTSCorPAL)matchestheTVformat.Tochangethe

videooutputformat,pressthe<n>buttonandchoose[Video

System]onthe[3]tab.

• WhenthecameraandTVareconnected,youcanalsoshootwhile

previewingshotsonthelargerscreenoftheTV.Toshoot,followthesame

stepsaswhenusingthecamerascreen.However,AF-PointZoom(=



60)

andMF-PointZoom(=



90)arenotavailable.

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StillImages Movies

Powering the Camera with Household Power

PoweringthecamerawithACAdapterKitACK800andDCCouplerDR-

DC10(bothsoldseparately)eliminatestheneedtomonitortheremaining

batterylevel.

1 Makesurethecameraisoff.

CouplerCablePort

2 Openthecover.

 Followstep2on=



15toopenthe

memorycard/batterycover.

 Openthecouplercableportasshown.

3 Insertthecoupler.

 Insertthecouplerasshown.

 Makesurethecouplercablepasses

throughtheport.

4 Closethecover.

 Lowerthecover( )andholditdownas

youslideit,untilitclicksintotheclosed

position(

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5 Connectthepowercord.

 Inserttheadapterplugintotheendofthe

couplercable.

 Insertoneendofthepowercordintothe

compactpoweradapter,andthenplug

theotherendintoapoweroutlet.

 Turnthecameraonanduseitasdesired.

 Whennished,turnthecameraoffand

unplugthepowercordfromtheoutlet.

• Donotdisconnecttheadapterorunplugthepowercordwhile

thecameraisstillon.Thismayeraseyourshotsordamagethe

camera.

• Donotattachtheadapteroradaptercordtootherobjects.Doing

socouldresultinmalfunctionordamagetotheproduct.

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Printing Images

Yourshotscaneasilybeprintedbyconnectingthecameratoaprinter.On

thecamera,youcanspecifyimagestosetupbatchprinting,prepareorders

forphotodevelopmentservices,andprepareordersorprintimagesfor

photobooks.

ACanonSELPHYCPseriescompactphotoprinterisusedhereforthe

sakeofillustration.Screensdisplayedandavailablefunctionsvaryby

printer.Alsorefertotheprintermanualforadditionalinformation.

StillImages

Easy Print

EasilyprintyourshotsbyconnectingthecameratoaPictBridge-compatible

printer(soldseparately)withtheincludedinterfacecable(=



2).

1 Makesurethecameraand

printerareoff.

2 Connectthecameratothe

printer.

 Openthecover.Holdingthesmaller

cableplugintheorientationshown,insert

theplugfullyintothecameraterminal.

 Connectthelargercableplugtothe

printer.Forotherconnectiondetails,refer

totheprintermanual.

3 Turntheprinteron.

4 Turnthecameraon.

 Pressthe<1>buttontoturnthecamera

on.

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 [ ]isdisplayed.

5 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage.

6 Accesstheprintingscreen.

 Pressthe<m>button.

7 Printtheimage.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[Print],andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 Printingnowbegins.

 Toprintotherimages,repeatsteps5–6

afterprintingisnished.

 Whenyouarenishedprinting,turnthe

cameraandprinteroffanddisconnectthe

interfacecable.

• ForCanonPictBridge-compatibleprinters(soldseparately),see=



158.

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Conguring Print Settings

1 Accesstheprintingscreen.

 Followsteps1–6on=



166–167to

accessthescreenatleft.

2 Congurethesettings.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturn

the<5>dialtochooseanitem,and

thenchooseanoptionbypressingthe

<q><r>buttons.

Default Matchescurrentprintersettings.

Date Printsimageswiththedateadded.

FileNo. Printsimageswiththelenumberadded.

Both Printsimageswithboththedateandlenumberadded.

Off

–

Default Matchescurrentprintersettings.

Off

–

Usesinformationfromthetimeofshootingtoprintunder

optimalsettings.

Red-Eye1 Correctsred-eye.

No.ofCopies Choosethenumberofcopiestoprint.

Cropping

–

Specifyadesiredimageareatoprint(=



169).

Paper

Settings

–

Specifythepapersize,layout,andotherdetails



170).

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PrintingImages

StillImages

CroppingImagesBeforePrinting(Cropping)

Bycroppingimagesbeforeprinting,youcanprintadesiredimagearea

insteadoftheentireimage.

1 Choose[Cropping].

 Afterfollowingstep1on=



168to

accesstheprintingscreen,choose

[Cropping]andpressthe<m>button.

 Acroppingframeisnowdisplayed,

indicatingtheimageareatoprint.

2 Adjustthecroppingframeas

needed.

 Toresizetheframe,movethezoomlever

orturnthe<5>dial.

 Tomovetheframe,pressthe

<o><q><r>buttons.

 Torotatetheframe,pressthe<l>

button.

 Whennished,pressthe<m>button.

3 Printtheimage.

 Followstep7on=



167toprint.

• Croppingmaynotbepossibleatsmallimagesizes,oratsome

aspectratios.

• Datesmaynotbeprintedcorrectlyifyoucropimagesshotwith

[DateStamp]selected.

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ChoosingPaperSizeandLayoutBeforePrinting

1 Choose[PaperSettings].

 Afterfollowingstep1on=



168to

accesstheprintingscreen,choose

[PaperSettings]andpressthe<m>

button.

2 Chooseapapersize.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanoption,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

3 Chooseatypeofpaper.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanoption,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

4 Choosealayout.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanoption.

 Whenchoosing[N-up],pressthe

<q><r>buttonstospecifythenumberof

imagespersheet.

 Pressthe<m>button.

5 Printtheimage.

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AvailableLayoutOptions

Default Matchescurrentprintersettings.

Bordered Printswithblankspacearoundtheimage.

Borderless Borderless,edge-to-edgeprinting.

N-up Choosehowmanyimagestoprintpersheet.

IDPhoto

Printsimagesforidenticationpurposes.

OnlyavailableforimageswitharesolutionofLandanaspectratioof4:3.

FixedSize

Choosetheprintsize.

Choosefrom3.5x5in.,postcard,orwide-formatprints.

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PrintingIDPhotos

1 Choose[IDPhoto].

 Followingsteps1–4on=



170,choose

[IDPhoto]andpressthe<m>button.

2 Choosethelongandshortside

length.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanitem.Choosethe

lengthbypressingthe<q><r>buttons,

andthenpressthe<m>button.

3 Choosetheprintingarea.

 Followstep2on=



169tochoosethe

printingarea.

4 Printtheimage.

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Movies

Printing Movie Scenes

1 Accesstheprintingscreen.

 Followsteps1–5on=



166–167

tochooseamovie,andthenpressthe

<m>button.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[c],andthenpress

the<m>button.Thescreenatleftis

displayed.

2 Chooseaprintingmethod.

 Pressthe<o>buttonsorturn

the<5>dialtochoose[

],andthen

pressthe<q><r>buttonstochoosethe

printingmethod.

3 Printtheimage.

MoviePrintingOptions

Single Printsthecurrentsceneasastillimage.

Sequence

Printsaseriesofscenes,acertainintervalapart,onasinglesheetof

paper.Youcanalsoprintthefoldernumber,lenumber,andelapsed

timefortheframebysetting[Caption]to[On].

• Tocancelprintinginprogress,pressthe<m>button.

• [IDPhoto]and[Sequence]cannotbechosenonCanonPictBridge-

compatibleprintersfromCP720/CP730andearliermodels.

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Adding Images to the Print List (DPOF)

Batchprinting(=



176)andorderingprintsfromaphotodevelopment

servicecanbesetuponthecamera.Chooseupto998imagesona

memorycardandcongurerelevantsettings,suchasthenumberofcopies,

asfollows.TheprintinginformationyoupreparethiswaywillconformDPOF

(DigitalPrintOrderFormat)standards.

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ConguringPrintSettings

Specifytheprintingformat,whethertoaddthedateorlenumber,and

othersettingsasfollows.Thesesettingsapplytoallimagesintheprintlist.

 Pressthe<n>button,andthen

choose[PrintSettings]onthe[2]tab.

Chooseandconguresettingsasdesired



38).

PrintType

Standard Oneimageisprintedpersheet.

Index

Smallerversionsofmultipleimagesareprinted

persheet.

Both Bothstandardandindexformatsareprinted.

Date

On Imagesareprintedwiththeshootingdate.

Off

–

FileNo.

On Imagesareprintedwiththelenumber.

Off

–

ClearDPOF

data

Allimageprintlistsettingsareclearedafter

printing.

Off

–

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• NotallofyourDPOFsettingsmaybeappliedinprintingbythe

printerorphotodevelopmentservice,insomecases.

• [

]maybedisplayedonthecameratowarnyouthatthememory

cardhasprintsettingsthatwereconguredonanothercamera.

Changingtheprintsettingsusingthiscameramayoverwriteall

previoussettings.

• Setting[Date]to[On]maycausesomeprinterstoprintthedate

twice.

• Specifying[Index]willpreventyoufromchoosing[On]forboth[Date]and

[FileNo.]atthesametime.

• Thedateisprintedinaformatmatchingsettingdetailsin[Date/Time]onthe

[3]tab,accessiblebypressingthe<n>button(=



17).

• IndexprintingisnotavailableonsomeCanonPictBridge-compatibleprinters

(soldseparately).

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SettingUpPrintingforIndividualImages

1 Choose[SelectImages&Qty.].

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[SelectImages&Qty.]onthe[2]tab,

andthenpressthe<m>button.

2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 Youcannowspecifythenumberofcopies.

 Ifyouspecifyindexprintingfortheimage,it

islabeledwitha[

]icon.Tocancelindex

printingfortheimage,pressthe<

>

buttonagain.[

]isnolongerdisplayed.

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3 Specifythenumberofprints.

 Pressthe<

>buttonsorturnthe<

>

dialtospecifythenumberofprints(upto99).

 Tosetupprintingforotherimagesandspecify

thenumberofprints,repeatsteps2–3.

 Printingquantitycannotbespeciedfor

indexprints.Youcanonlychoosewhich

imagestoprint,byfollowingstep2.

 Whennished,pressthe<n>button

toreturntothemenuscreen.

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SettingUpPrintingforaRangeofImages

1 Choose[SelectRange].

 Followingstep1on=



174,choose

[SelectRange]andpressthe<m>

button.

2 Chooseimages.

 Followsteps2–3on=



122tospecify

images.

3 Conguretheprintsettings.

 Pressthe<o>buttonstochoose

[Order],andthenpressthe<m>button.

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SettingUpPrintingforAllImages

1 Choose[SelectAllImages].

 Followingstep1on=



174,choose

[SelectAllImages]andpressthe<m>

button.

2 Conguretheprintsettings.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[OK],andthenpress

the<m>button.

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ClearingAllImagesfromthePrintList

1 Choose[ClearAllSelections].

 Followingstep1on=



174,choose

[ClearAllSelections]andpressthe<m>

button.

2 Conrmclearingtheprintlist.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[OK],andthenpress

the<m>button.

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PrintingImagesAddedtothePrintList(DPOF)

 Whenimageshavebeenaddedtothe

printlist(=



173–176),thescreen

atleftisdisplayedafteryouconnect

thecameratoaPictBridge-compatible

printer.Pressthe<o>buttonsto

choose[Printnow],andthensimplypress

the<m>buttontoprinttheimagesinthe

printlist.

 AnyDPOFprintjobthatyoutemporarily

stopwillberesumedfromthenextimage.

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Adding Images to a Photobook

Photobookscanbesetuponthecamerabychoosingupto998imagesona

memorycardandimportingthemintotheincludedsoftwareonyourcomputer,

wheretheyarestoredintheirownfolder.Thisisconvenientwhenordering

printedphotobooksonlineorprintingphotobookswithyourownprinter.

ChoosingaSelectionMethod

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[PhotobookSet-up]onthe[1]tab,and

thenchoosehowyouwillselectimages.

• [ ]maybedisplayedonthecameratowarnyouthatthememory

cardhasprintsettingsthatwereconguredonanothercamera.

Changingtheprintsettingsusingthiscameramayoverwriteall

previoussettings.

• Afterimportingimagestoyourcomputer,alsorefertotheSoftware Guide



25)andtheprintermanualforfurtherinformation.

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AddingImagesIndividually

1 Choose[Select].

 Followingthepreviousprocedure,choose

[Select]andpressthe<m>button.

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2 Chooseanimage.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochooseanimage,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 [ ]isdisplayed.

 Toremovetheimagefromthephotobook,

pressthe<m>buttonagain.[

]isno

longerdisplayed.

 Repeatthisprocesstospecifyotherimages.

 Whennished,pressthe<n>button

toreturntothemenuscreen.

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AddingAllImagestoaPhotobook

1 Choose[SelectAllImages].

 Followingtheprocedureon=



177,

choose[SelectAllImages]andpressthe

<m>button.

2 Conguretheprintsettings.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[OK],andthenpress

the<m>button.

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RemovingAllImagesfromaPhotobook

1 Choose[ClearAllSelections].

 Followingtheprocedureon=



177,

choose[ClearAllSelections]andpress

the<m>button.

2 Conrmclearingthephotobook.

 Pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturnthe

<5>dialtochoose[OK],andthenpress

the<m>button.

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Using an Eye-Fi Card

BeforeusinganEye-Ficard,alwaysconrmthatlocaluseispermitted



2).

InsertingapreparedEye-Ficardenablesautomaticwirelesstransferof

imagestoacomputeroruploadingtoaphoto-sharingwebsite.

ImagesaretransferredbytheEye-Ficard.Refertothecard’susermanual

orcontactthemanufacturerforinstructionsonpreparingandusingcardsor

resolvingtransferproblems.

• WhenusinganEye-Ficard,keepthefollowingpointsinmind.

-Cardsmaycontinuetotransmitradiowavesevenwhen[Eye-

Fitrans.]issetto[Disable](=



180).RemovetheEye-Fi

cardbeforeenteringhospitals,aircraft,orotherareaswhere

transmissionisprohibited.

-Whentroubleshootingimagetransferissues,checkthecardand

computersettings.Fordetails,refertothecard’susermanual.

-PoorEye-Ficonnectionsmaycauseimagetransfertotakealong

time,andtransfermaybeinterruptedinsomecases.

-Eye-Ficardsmaybecomehot,duetotheirtransferfunctions.

-Batterypowerwillbeconsumedfasterthaninnormaluse.

-Cameraoperationmaybecomesluggish.Toresolvethis,try

setting[Eye-Fitrans.]to[Disable].

ConnectionstatusofEye-Ficardsinthecameracanbecheckedonthe

shootingscreen(inregularinformationdisplaymode)orplaybackscreen(in

simpleinformationdisplaymode).

(Gray) Notconnected

Interrupted

(Blinkingwhite) Connecting

Notcommunicating

(White) Connected

ErroracquiringEye-Ficard

information

(Animated) Transferinprogress

*1Powersaving(=



34)onthecameraistemporarilydisabledduringimagetransfer.

*2Restartthecamera.Repeateddisplayofthisiconmayindicateaproblemwiththe

card.

Imageslabeledwitha[ ]iconhavebeentransferred.

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UsinganEye-FiCard

Checking Connection Information

ChecktheaccesspointSSIDusedbytheEye-Ficardortheconnection

status,asneeded.

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[Eye-FiSettings]onthe[3]tab,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 Choose[Connectioninfo],andthenpress

the<m>button.

 Theconnectioninformationscreenis

displayed.

Disabling Eye-Fi Transfer

CongurethesettingasfollowstodisableEye-Fitransferbythecard,if

necessary.

Choose[Disable]in[Eye-Fitrans.].

 Pressthe<n>button,choose

[Eye-FiSettings]onthe[3]tab,andthen

pressthe<m>button.

 Choose[Eye-Fitrans.],andthenchoose

[Disable].

• [Eye-FiSettings]isnotshownunlessanEye-Ficardisinthe

camerawithitswrite-protecttabintheunlockedposition.Forthis

reason,youcannotchangesettingsforaninsertedEye-Ficardif

thewrite-protecttabisinthelockedposition.

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Appendix

Helpfulinformationwhenusingthecamera

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Troubleshooting

Ifyouthinkthereisaproblemwiththecamera,rstcheckthefollowing.

Iftheitemsbelowdonotsolveyourproblem,contactaCanonCustomer

SupportHelpDesk.

Power

Nothinghappenswhenthepowerbuttonispressed.

• Conrmthatnewbatteriesofthecorrecttypeareinserted(=



15,16).

• Conrmthatthebatteriesareinsertedfacingthecorrectway(=



15).

• Conrmthatthememorycard/batterycoverisfullyclosed(=



16).

• Dirtybatteryterminalsreducebatteryperformance.Trycleaningtheterminalswitha

cottonswabandreinsertingthebatteriesafewtimes.

Batteriesaredepletedquickly.

• Batteryperformancedecreasesatlowtemperatures.Trywarmingthebatteriesalittle

byputtingtheminyourpocket,forexample,ensuringthattheterminalsdonottouch

anymetalobjects.

Thelensisnotretracted.

• Donotopenthememorycard/batterycoverwhilethecameraison.Closethecover,

turnthecameraon,andthenturnitoffagain(=



16).

Display on a TV

CameraimageslookdistortedornotdisplayedonaTV(=



163).

Shooting

Cannotshoot.

• InPlaybackmode(=



19),presstheshutterbuttonhalfway(=



35).

Strangedisplayonthescreenunderlowlight(=



36).

Strangedisplayonthescreenwhenshooting.

Notethatthefollowingdisplayproblemsarenotrecordedinstillimagesbutare

recordedinmovies.

• Thescreenmaydarkenunderbrightlight.

• ThescreenmayickerunderuorescentorLEDlighting.

• Purplishbandingmayappearonthescreenifyoucomposeashotthatincludesa

brightlightsource.

Nodatestampisaddedtoimages.

• Congurethe[DateStamp]setting(



).Notethatdatestampsarenotaddedtoimages

automatically,merelybecauseyouhaveconguredthe[Date/Time]setting(



• Datestampsarenotaddedinshootingmodes(=



198–199)inwhichthissetting

cannotbecongured(=



52).

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Troubleshooting

[Chargingtheash]isdisplayedwhentheshutterbuttonispressed,

andshootingisnotpossible(=



45).

[

]isdisplayedwhentheshutterbuttonispressedhalfway(=



45).

• Set[ISMode]to[Continuous](=



101).

• Raisetheashandsettheashmodeto[h](=



98).

• IncreasetheISOspeed(=



82).

• Mountthecameraonatripodortakeothermeasurestokeepitstill.Inthiscase,you

shouldset[ISMode]to[Off](=



101).

Shotsareoutoffocus.

• Presstheshutterbuttonhalfwaytofocusonsubjectsbeforepressingitalltheway

downtoshoot(=



35).

• Makesuresubjectsarewithinfocusingrange(=



205).

• Set[AF-assistBeam]to[On](=



62).

• Conrmthatunneededfunctionssuchasmacroaredeactivated.

• TryshootingwithfocuslockorAFlock(=



93,97).

NoAFframesaredisplayedandthecameradoesnotfocuswhenthe

shutterbuttonispressedhalfway.

• TohaveAFframesdisplayedandthecamerafocuscorrectly,trycomposingthe

shotwithhigher-contrastsubjectareascenteredbeforeyoupresstheshutterbutton

halfway.Otherwise,trypressingtheshutterbuttonhalfwayrepeatedly.

Subjectsinshotslooktoodark.

• Raisetheashandsettheashmodeto[h](=



98).

• Adjustbrightnessbyusingexposurecompensation(=



81).

• Adjustcontrastbyusingi-Contrast(=



83,137).

• UseAElockorspotmetering(=



81,82).

Subjectslooktoobright,highlightsarewashed-out.

• Lowertheashandsettheashmodeto[!](=



43).

• Adjustbrightnessbyusingexposurecompensation(=



81).

• UseAElockorspotmetering(=



81,82).

• Reducethelightingonsubjects.

Shotslooktoodarkdespitetheashring(=



45).

• Shootwithinashrange(=



205).

• Adjustbrightnessbyusingashexposurecompensationorchangingtheashoutput

level(=



99,107).

• IncreasetheISOspeed(=



82).

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Subjectsinashshotslooktoobright,highlightsarewashed-out.

• Shootwithinashrange(=



205).

• Lowertheashandsettheashmodeto[!](=



43).

• Adjustbrightnessbyusingashexposurecompensationorchangingtheashoutput

level(=



99,107).

Whitedotsorsimilarimageartifactsappearinashshots.

• Thisiscausedbylightfromtheashreectingoffdustorairborneparticles.

Shotslookgrainy.

• LowertheISOspeed(=



82).

Subjectsareaffectedbyred-eye(=



56).

• Set[Red-EyeLamp]to[On](=



62)toactivatethered-eyereductionlamp



4)inashshots.Notethatwhilethered-eyereductionlampison(forabout

onesecond),itisnotpossibletoshoot,becausethelampiscounteractingred-eye.

Forbestresults,havesubjectslookatthered-eyereductionlamp.Alsotryincreasing

thelightinginindoorscenesandshootingatcloserrange.

• Editimagesusingred-eyecorrection(=



138).

Recordingtothememorycardtakestoolong,orcontinuousshooting

isslower.

• Usethecameratoperformlow-levelformattingofthememorycard(=



147).

ShootingsettingsorFUNC.menusettingsarenotavailable.

• Availablesettingitemsvarybyshootingmode.Referto“FunctionsAvailableinEach

ShootingMode”,“FUNC.Menu”,and“ShootingMenu”(=



192–196).

Shooting Movies

Theelapsedtimeshownisincorrect,orrecordingisinterrupted.

• Usethecameratoformatthememorycard,orswitchtoacardthatsupportshigh-

speedrecording.Notethateveniftheelapsedtimedisplayisincorrect,thelength

ofmoviesonthememorycardcorrespondstotheactualrecordingtime(=



146,

204).

[ ]isdisplayedandshootingstopsautomatically.

Thecamera’sinternalmemorybufferlledupasthecameracouldnotrecordtothe

memorycardquicklyenough.Tryoneofthefollowingmeasures.

• Usethecameratoperformlow-levelformattingofthememorycard(=



147).

• Lowertheimagequality(=



57).

• Switchtoamemorycardthatsupportshigh-speedrecording(=



204).

Zoomingisnotpossible.

• Zoomingisnotpossiblewhenshootingmoviesin[ ]mode.

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Playback

Playbackisnotpossible.

• Imageormovieplaybackmaynotbepossibleifacomputerisusedtorenamelesor

alterthefolderstructure.RefertotheSoftware Guide(=



25)fordetailsonfolder

structureandlenames.

Playbackstops,oraudioskips.

• Switchtoamemorycardthatyouhaveperformedlow-levelformattingonwiththe

camera(=



147).

• Theremaybebriefinterruptionswhenplayingmoviescopiedtomemorycardsthat

haveslowreadspeeds.

• Whenmoviesareplayedonacomputer,framesmaybedroppedandaudiomayskip

ifcomputerperformanceisinadequate.

Soundisnotplayedduringmovies.

• Adjustthevolume(=



24,111)ifyouhaveactivated[Mute](=



142)orthe

soundinthemovieisfaint.

• Nosoundisplayedformoviesshotin[

]mode(=



72)becauseaudioisnot

recordedinthismode.

Computer

Cannottransferimagestoacomputer.

Whenattemptingtotransferimagestothecomputerviaacable,tryreducingthe

transferspeedasfollows.

• Pressthe<1>buttontoenterPlaybackmode.Holdthe<n>buttondownas

youpressthe<o>and<m>buttonsatthesametime.Onthenextscreen,press

the<q><r>buttonstochoose[B],andthenpressthe<m>button.

Eye-Fi Cards

Cannottransferimages(=



179).

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On-Screen Messages

Ifanerrormessageisdisplayed,respondasfollows.

Nomemorycard

• Thememorycardmaybeinsertedfacingthewrongway.Reinsertthememorycard

facingthecorrectway(=



15).

Memorycardlocked

• Thewrite-protecttabofthememorycardissettothelockedposition.Switchthe

write-protecttabtotheunlockedposition(=



15,180).

Cannotrecord!

• Shootingwasattemptedwithoutamemorycardinthecamera.Toshoot,inserta

memorycardfacingthecorrectway(=



15).

Memorycarderror(=



147)

• Ifthesameerrormessageisdisplayedevenwhenyouhaveinsertedaformattedmemory

cardfacingthecorrectway,contactaCanonCustomerSupportHelpDesk

(=15).

Insufcientspaceoncard

• Thereisnotenoughfreespaceonthememorycardtoshoot(=



41,65,79,

103)oreditimages(=



133–138).Eithereraseunneededimages(=



124)or

insertamemorycardwithenoughfreespace(=



15).

Changethebatteries(=



15)

NoImage.

• Thememorycarddoesnotcontainanyimagesthatcanbedisplayed.

Protected!(=



120)

UnidentiedImage/IncompatibleJPEG/Imagetoolarge./Cannotplay

backAVI/RAW

• Unsupportedorcorruptimagescannotbedisplayed.

• Itmaynotbepossibletodisplayimagesthatwereeditedorrenamedonacomputer,

orimagesshotwithanothercamera.

Cannotmagnify!/CannotplaybackthiscontentinSmartShufe/

Cannotrotate/Cannotmodifyimage/Cannotregisterthisimage!/

Cannotmodify/Cannotassigntocategory/Unselectableimage.

• Thefollowingfunctionsmaybeunavailableforimagesthatwererenamedoralready

editedonacomputer,orimagesshotwithanothercamera.Notethatstarred(*)

functionsarenotavailableformovies.Magnify*(=



117),SmartShufe*(=



119),

Categorize(=



130),Rotate(=



127),Edit*(=



133–138),AssignasStart-up

Image*(=



144),PrintList*(=



173),andPhotobookSet-up*(=



177).

Invalidselectionrange

• Whenspecifyingarangeforimageselection(=



122,125,132,175),you

attemptedtochooseaninitialimagethatwasafterthenalimage,orvice-versa.

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On-ScreenMessages

Exceededselectionlimit

• Morethan998imageswereselectedforPrintList(=



173)orPhotobookSet-up



177).Choose998imagesorless.

• PrintList(=



173)orPhotobookSet-up(=



177)settingscouldnotbesaved

correctly.Reducethenumberofselectedimagesandtryagain.

• Youattemptedtochoosemorethan500imagesinProtect(=



120),Erase



124),Favorites(=



129),MyCategory(=



130),PrintList(=



173),or

PhotobookSet-up(=



177).

Communicationerror

• Anexcessiveamountofimages(approx.1,000)onthememorycardpreventedprinting

orimagetransfertoacomputer.Totransfertheimages,useacommerciallyavailable

USBcardreader.Toprint,insertthememorycarddirectlyintotheprintercardslot.

Namingerror!

• Thefoldercouldnotbecreatedorimagescouldnotberecorded,becausethehighest

supportedfoldernumber(999)forstoringimagesonthecardhasbeenreachedand

thehighestsupportedimagenumber(9999)forimagesinfoldershasbeenreached.

Inthe[3]menu,change[FileNumbering]to[AutoReset](=



148),orformatthe

memorycard(=



146).

LensError

• Thiserrormayoccurifthelensisheldwhileitismoving,orwhenthecameraisused

industyorsandylocations.

• Frequentdisplayofthiserrormessagemayindicatecameradamage.Inthiscase,

contactaCanonCustomerSupportHelpDesk.

Acameraerrorwasdetected(

errornumber

)

• Ifthiserrormessageisdisplayedimmediatelyafterashot,theimagemaynothave

beensaved.SwitchtoPlaybackmodetocheckfortheimage.

• Frequentdisplayofthiserrormessagemayindicatecameradamage.Inthiscase,

writedowntheerrornumber(Exx)andcontactaCanonCustomerSupportHelpDesk.

FileError

• Correctprinting(=



166)maynotbepossibleforphotosfromothercamerasor

imagesthathavebeenalteredusingcomputersoftware,evenifthecamerais

connectedtotheprinter.

Printerror

• Checkthepapersizesetting(=



170).Ifthiserrormessageisdisplayedwhenthe

settingiscorrect,restarttheprinterandcompletethesettingonthecameraagain.

Inkabsorberfull

• ContactaCanonCustomerSupportHelpDesktorequestassistancewithink

absorberreplacement.

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On-Screen Information

Shooting (Information Display)

 Batterylevel



189)

 Cameraorientation

 Whitebalance



84)

 MyColors(=



86)

 Drivemode



88)

 Self-timer(=



50)

 Camerashake

warning(=



45)

 Meteringmethod



82)

 Eye-Ficonnection

status(=



179)

 Stillimage

compression



101),

Resolution(=



55)

 Stillimages:

Recordableshots



204)

 Gridlines(=



59)

 Movieresolution



57)

 Movies:Remaining

time(=



204)

 Digitalzoom

magnication



49),Digital

tele-converter



92)

 Focusingrange



90)

 Shootingmode



192),Scene

icon(=



46)

 Flashmode



98)

 Red-eyecorrection



56)

 Flashexposure

compensation/

Flashoutputlevel



99,107)

 SpotAEpointframe



82)

 AFframe(=



92)

 Datestamp



52)

 ISOspeed(=



82)

 AElock(=



81),

FElock(=



100)

 Exposureshiftbar

 Shutterspeed



104,106)

 Aperturevalue



105,106)

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On-ScreenInformation

 Exposure

compensationlevel



81)

 Exposure

compensationbar



81)

 i-Contrast(=



83)

 Zoombar(=



42)

 Blinkdetection



61)

 AFlock(=



97),

Manualfocus



90)

 ISmodeicon



47)

 Exposurelevel



106)

 MFindicator



91)

 Timezone(=



150)

 Imagestabilization



101)

 Windlter(=



58)

* :Regularorientation, :Heldvertically

Thecameradetectstheshootingorientationandadjustssettingsforoptimalshots.

Orientationisalsodetectedduringplayback,andineitherorientation,thecamera

automaticallyrotatesimagesasneeded.

However,theorientationmaynotbedetectedcorrectlywhenthecameraispointed

straightupordown.

BatteryLevel

Anon-screeniconormessagewarnsyouwhenthereislittlebatterypower

left.Noiconormessageisshownunlessthebatteriesarerunningoutof

power.

Display Details

Nearlydepleted—preparereplacement

batteries

Changethebatteries Depleted—replacethebatteries

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On-ScreenInformation

Playback (Detailed Information Display)

 MyCategory



130)

 Shootingmode



192)

 ISOspeed



82),Playback

speed(=



73)

 Exposure

compensationlevel



81),Exposure

shiftlevel(=



77)

 Whitebalance



84)

 Histogram(=



112)

 Imageediting



133–138)

 Compression(image

quality)(=



101)/

Resolution(=



55,

57),MOV

(movies)

 Transferredvia

Eye-Fi(=



179)

 Batterylevel



189)

 Meteringmethod



82)

 Foldernumber-File

number(=



148)

 Currentimageno./

Totalno.ofimages

 Shutterspeed(still

images)(=



104),

Imagequality/

Framerate(movies)



57)

 Aperturevalue



105,106),

Imagequality

(movies)(=



57)

 i-Contrast(=



83,

137)

 Flash(=



98),

Flashexposure

compensation



99)

 Focusingrange



90)

 Filesize

 Stillimages:

Resolution(=



204)

Movies:Playback

time(=



204)

 Protection(=



120)

 Favorites(=



129)

 MyColors(=



86,

136)

 Red-eyecorrection



56,138)

 Shootingdate/time



17)

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On-ScreenInformation

• SomeinformationmaynotbedisplayedwhenviewingimagesonaTV



159).

SummaryofMovieControlPanelin“Viewing”(=



110)

Exit

Play

SlowMotion(Toadjusttheplaybackspeed,pressthe<q><r>buttonsorturn

the<5>dial.Nosoundisplayed.)

SkipBackward

(Tocontinueskippingbackward,keepholdingdownthe<m>

button.)

PreviousFrame(Forfast-rewind,keepholdingdownthe<m>button.)

NextFrame(Forfast-forward,keepholdingdownthe<m>button.)

SkipForward

(Tocontinueskippingforward,keepholdingdownthe<m>

button.)

Edit(=



139)

ShownwhenthecameraisconnectedtoaPictBridge-compatibleprinter



166).

*Displaystheframeapprox.4sec.beforeorafterthecurrentframe.

• Toskipforwardorbackduringmovieplayback,pressthe<q><r>buttons.

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Functions and Menu Tables

Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode

ShootingMode

Function

D B M G

K E

P t E

ExposureCompensation(=



81)

– O

– O O O O O O O O O O – O – –

ISOSpeed(=



82)

– O

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

   

O O

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Self-Timer(=



50)

O O

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

][$

O O

O O O O – O O O O O O O O O – O O

Self-TimerSettings(=



51)

Delay

O O

O O O O – O O O O O O O O O – O O

Shots

O O

O O O O – O O O O O O O O O – – –

Flash(=



98)

– –

–

O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – – –

O O

O O – O O – O – O O O O O O – – –

– O

–

O O

– – – – – – – – – – – – – –

– –

–

– – – – – – – O – – – – – – O O O

Av/TvSettings(=



104,105)

ApertureValue

O O

–

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

ShutterSpeed

O –

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

ProgramShift(=



81)

– O

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

AELock/FELock(=



81,100)

– O

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

AELock(Movie)/ExposureShift(=



77)

– –

–

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – O O

FocusingRange(=



90)

O O

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

ef(=



90)

O O

O O – O – O O – O O O O O O O O O

TrackingAF(=



53)

O O

O O O O – O O – – – – O O O O – –

ScreenDisplay(=



36)

InformationDisplay/NoInformationDisplay

O O

O O O O – O O O – – – – O O O O O

Availableorsetautomatically.

–

Notavailable.

*1Setin[Dark]and[Light].

*2Cannotbesetto0secondsinmodeswithoutselectionofthenumberofshots.

*3Oneshot(cannotbemodied)inmodeswithoutselectionofthenumberofshots.

*4Notavailable,butswitchesto[Z]insomecases.

*5FElocknotavailablein[!]ashmode.

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FunctionsandMenuTables

ShootingMode

Function

D B M G

K E

P t E

ExposureCompensation(=



81)

– O

– O O O O O O O O O O – O – –

ISOSpeed(=



82)

– O

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

   

O O

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Self-Timer(=



50)

O O

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

][$

O O

O O O O – O O O O O O O O O – O O

Self-TimerSettings(=



51)

Delay

O O

O O O O – O O O O O O O O O – O O

Shots

O O

O O O O – O O O O O O O O O – – –

Flash(=



98)

– –

–

O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – – –

O O

O O – O O – O – O O O O O O – – –

– O

–

O O

– – – – – – – – – – – – – –

– –

–

– – – – – – – O – – – – – – O O O

Av/TvSettings(=



104,105)

ApertureValue

O O

–

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

ShutterSpeed

O –

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

ProgramShift(=



81)

– O

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

AELock/FELock(=



81,100)

– O

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

AELock(Movie)/ExposureShift(=



77)

– –

–

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – O O

FocusingRange(=



90)

O O

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

ef(=



90)

O O

O O – O – O O – O O O O O O O O O

TrackingAF(=



53)

O O

O O O O – O O – – – – O O O O – –

ScreenDisplay(=



36)

InformationDisplay/NoInformationDisplay

O O

O O O O – O O O – – – – O O O O O

Availableorsetautomatically.

–

Notavailable.

*1Setin[Dark]and[Light].

*2Cannotbesetto0secondsinmodeswithoutselectionofthenumberofshots.

*3Oneshot(cannotbemodied)inmodeswithoutselectionofthenumberofshots.

*4Notavailable,butswitchesto[Z]insomecases.

*5FElocknotavailablein[!]ashmode.

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FUNC. Menu

ShootingMode

Function

D B M G

K E

P t E

WhiteBalance(=



84)

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

    

O O O O – – – O O – – – – – – – – O O O

MyColors(=



86)

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

 



     



O O O O – – – O – – – – – – – – – O O O

DriveMode(=



88)

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

O O O O – – O – O O O O O O O O O O – –

FlashExposureCompensation(=



99)

– O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

FlashOutputLevel(=



107)

O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

MeteringMethod(=



82)

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O



O O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

StillImageAspectRatio(=



54)

  

O O O O – O O O – O O –

– O O O O – –

Resolution(=



55)

O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O O O O O O

 

O O O O – O O O – O O – – – – – – O O O

– – – – – – – – O – – – – – – – – – – –

O O O O – O O O – O O – – – – – – O O O

Compression(=



101)

O O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

MovieQuality(=



57)

O O O O O O O O O O O O

O O O O O O O

O O O O – O O O O O O O

O O O O O O –

Availableorsetautomatically.

–

Notavailable.

*1Whitebalanceisnotavailable.*2Setinarangeof1–5:contrast,sharpness,color

saturation,red,green,blue,andskintone.*3[

]issetwith[f],AFlock,or[t].

*4Only[

]and[ ]areavailable.*5Synchronizeswiththeaspectratiosettingand

isautomaticallyset(=



74).

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ShootingMode

Function

D B M G

K E

P t E

WhiteBalance(=



84)

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

    

O O O O – – – O O – – – – – – – – O O O

MyColors(=



86)

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

 



     



O O O O – – – O – – – – – – – – – O O O

DriveMode(=



88)

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

O O O O – – O – O O O O O O O O O O – –

FlashExposureCompensation(=



99)

– O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

FlashOutputLevel(=



107)

O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

MeteringMethod(=



82)

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O



O O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

StillImageAspectRatio(=



54)

  

O O O O – O O O – O O –

– O O O O – –

Resolution(=



55)

O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O O O O O O

 

O O O O – O O O – O O – – – – – – O O O

– – – – – – – – O – – – – – – – – – – –

O O O O – O O O – O O – – – – – – O O O

Compression(=



101)

O O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

MovieQuality(=



57)

O O O O O O O O O O O O

O O O O O O O

O O O O – O O O O O O O

O O O O O O –

Availableorsetautomatically.

–

Notavailable.

*1Whitebalanceisnotavailable.*2Setinarangeof1–5:contrast,sharpness,color

saturation,red,green,blue,andskintone.*3[

]issetwith[f],AFlock,or[t].

*4Only[

]and[ ]areavailable.*5Synchronizeswiththeaspectratiosettingand

isautomaticallyset(=



74).

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*1Operationwhennofacesaredetectedvariesbyshootingmode.*2Onlyavailableby

pressingthe<o>button(=



53).*3AvailablewhentheAFframeissetto[Center].

*4[On]whensubjectmovementisdetectedin<A>mode.

4 Shooting Menu

ShootingMode

Function

D B M G

K E

P t E

AFFrame(=



92)

Center

O O O O O – O – O O O O – O O O O O O O

FaceAiAF

O O O O O O O O O O – – – O O O O O O O

TrackingAF

O O O O O

O – O O – – – – O O O O – –

AFFrameSize

Normal

O O O O O – O – O O O O – O O O O O O O

Small

O O O O O – O – O O – – – O O O O O O O

DigitalZoom(=



49)

Standard

O O O O O O O O – O O – – – – – – O O O

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

DigitalTele-converter(1.6x/2.0x)

O O O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

AF-PointZoom(=



60)

O O O O O O O O O O – – – – O O O O – –

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

ServoAF(=



95)

O O O O O – O – O O – – – – O O O O – –

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

ContinuousAF(=



96)

O O O O O O O O – O – O O O O O O O O O

Off

O O O O O – O – O O O O O O O O O O – –

AF-assistBeam(=



62)

O O O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – O O

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

MF-PointZoom(=



90)

O O O O O – O – O O – – – – O O O O – –

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

SafetyMF(=



90)

O O O O O – O – O O – O O O O O O O O O

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

Availableorsetautomatically.

–

Notavailable.

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ShootingMode

Function

D B M G

K E

P t E

AFFrame(=



92)

Center

O O O O O – O – O O O O – O O O O O O O

FaceAiAF

O O O O O O O O O O – – – O O O O O O O

TrackingAF

O O O O O

O – O O – – – – O O O O – –

AFFrameSize

Normal

O O O O O – O – O O O O – O O O O O O O

Small

O O O O O – O – O O – – – O O O O O O O

DigitalZoom(=



49)

Standard

O O O O O O O O – O O – – – – – – O O O

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

DigitalTele-converter(1.6x/2.0x)

O O O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

AF-PointZoom(=



60)

O O O O O O O O O O – – – – O O O O – –

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

ServoAF(=



95)

O O O O O – O – O O – – – – O O O O – –

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

ContinuousAF(=



96)

O O O O O O O O – O – O O O O O O O O O

Off

O O O O O – O – O O O O O O O O O O – –

AF-assistBeam(=



62)

O O O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – O O

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

MF-PointZoom(=



90)

O O O O O – O – O O – – – – O O O O – –

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

SafetyMF(=



90)

O O O O O – O – O O – O O O O O O O O O

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

Availableorsetautomatically.

–

Notavailable.

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ShootingMode

Function

D B M G

K E

P t E

FlashSettings(=



56,62,99,107)

FlashMode

Auto

–

O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – – –

Manual

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

FlashExp.Comp

–

O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

FlashOutput

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Red-EyeCorr.

O O – O O O O O – – – – – – – – – –

Off

O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – – –

Red-EyeLamp On/Off

O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – – –

SafetyFE

–

O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – – –

Off

O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

i-Contrast(=



83)

Auto

O O – O – – O – – – – – – – – – – –

Off

O O O – O O – O O O O O O O O O O O

SafetyShift(=



105)

–

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

WindFilter(=



58)

On/Off

O O O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O O

Review(=



63)

Off/Quick/2–10sec./Hold

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O – –

ReviewInfo(=



64)

Off/Detailed/FocusCheck

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O – –

BlinkDetection(=



61)

O O O O O O O O – – – – – O O O – –

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

GridLines(=



59)

On/Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

ISMode(=



101)

Off/Continuous

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

ShootOnly

O O O – O O O O O O O O O O O O – –

DateStamp(=



52)

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

Date/Date&Time

O O O O O O – O O – – – – – – O – –

Availableorsetautomatically.

–

Notavailable.

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ShootingMode

Function

D B M G

K E

P t E

FlashSettings(=



56,62,99,107)

FlashMode

Auto

–

O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – – –

Manual

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

FlashExp.Comp

–

O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

FlashOutput

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Red-EyeCorr.

O O – O O O O O – – – – – – – – – –

Off

O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – – –

Red-EyeLamp On/Off

O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – – –

SafetyFE

–

O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O – – –

Off

O O O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

i-Contrast(=



83)

Auto

O O – O – – O – – – – – – – – – – –

Off

O O O – O O – O O O O O O O O O O O

SafetyShift(=



105)

–

O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

WindFilter(=



58)

On/Off

O O O O O O O O O O – O O O O O O O

Review(=



63)

Off/Quick/2–10sec./Hold

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O – –

ReviewInfo(=



64)

Off/Detailed/FocusCheck

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O – –

BlinkDetection(=



61)

O O O O O O O O – – – – – O O O – –

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

GridLines(=



59)

On/Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

ISMode(=



101)

Off/Continuous

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

ShootOnly

O O O – O O O O O O O O O O O O – –

DateStamp(=



52)

Off

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

Date/Date&Time

O O O O O O – O O – – – – – – O – –

Availableorsetautomatically.

–

Notavailable.

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3 Set up Menu

Item Ref.Page Item Ref.Page

Mute



142

CreateFolder



148

Volume



142

LensRetract



149

SoundOptions



143

PowerSaving



34,149

Hints&Tips



143

Units



151

Date/Time



VideoSystem



163

TimeZone



150

CtrlviaHDMI



161

LCDBrightness



144

Eye-FiSettings



179

Start-upImage



144,145

CerticationLogoDisplay



151

Format



146,147

Language



FileNumbering



148

ResetAll



152

1 Playback Menu

Item Ref.Page Item Ref.Page

SmartShufe



119

Red-EyeCorrection



138

Slideshow



118

Cropping



134

Erase



124

Resize



133

Protect



120

MyColors



136

Rotate



127

ScrollDisplay



111

Favorites



129

AutoRotate



128

MyCategory



130

Resume



111

PhotobookSet-up



177

Transition



111

i-Contrast



137

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2 Print Menu

Item Ref.Page Item Ref.Page

–

SelectAllImages



176

SelectImages&Qty.



174

ClearAllSelections



176

SelectRange



175

PrintSettings



173

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Handling Precautions

• Thecameraisahigh-precisionelectronicdevice.Avoiddroppingitor

subjectingittostrongimpact.

• Neverbringthecameranearmagnets,motors,orotherdevicesthat

generatestrongelectromagneticelds,whichmaycausemalfunctionor

eraseimagedata.

• Ifwaterdropletsordirtadherestothecameraorscreen,wipewithadry

softcloth,suchasaneyeglasscloth.Donotrubhardorapplyforce.

• Neverusecleanerscontainingorganicsolventstocleanthecameraor

screen.

• Useablowerbrushtoremovedustfromthelens.Ifcleaningisdifcult,

contactaCanonCustomerSupportHelpDesk.

• Topreventcondensationfromformingonthecameraaftersudden

temperaturechanges(whenthecameraistransferredfromcoldtowarm

environments),putthecamerainanairtight,resealableplasticbagand

letitgraduallyadjusttothetemperaturebeforeremovingitfromthebag.

• Ifcondensationdoesformonthecamera,stopusingitimmediately.

Continuingtousethecamerainthisstatemaydamageit.Removethe

batteriesandmemorycard,andwaituntilthemoisturehasevaporated

beforeresuminguse.

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Specications

CameraEffective

Pixels(Max.)

Approx.16millionpixels

LensFocalLength

16xzoom:5.0(W)–80.0(T)mm

(35mmlmequivalent:28(W)–448(T)mm)

LCDMonitor

3.0typecolorTFTLCD

EffectivePixels:Approx.230,000dots

FileFormat

DesignruleforCameraFilesystem,DPOF(version1.1)compliant

DataType

StillImages:Exif2.3(JPEG)

Movies:MOV(Imagedata:H.264;Audiodata:LinearPCM(stereo))

Interface

Hi-speedUSB

HDMIoutput

Analogaudiooutput(stereo)

Analogvideooutput(NTSC/PAL)

PowerSource

AAalkalinebatteries(AANiMHbatteries(CanonNB-3AH))x2

ACAdapterKitACK800

• However,connectionrequiresDCCouplerDR-DC10,sold

separately

Dimensions(Based

onCIPAGuidelines)

111.0x72.5x44.1mm(4.37x2.85x1.74in.)

Weight(Basedon

CIPAGuidelines)

Approx.291g(approx.10.3oz.;includingbatteriesand

memorycard)

Approx.243g(approx.8.57oz.;camerabodyonly)

NumberofShots/RecordingTime,PlaybackTime

PowerSource

AlkalineBatteries(Supplied)

NiMHBatteries(Sold

Separately)

NumberofShots

Approx.140 Approx.380

MovieRecording

Time

Approx.30minutes Approx.90minutes

Continuous

Shooting

Approx.1hour,10minutes Approx.2hours,40minutes

PlaybackTime

Approx.7hours Approx.10hours

*1Timeunderdefaultcamerasettings,whennormaloperationsareperformed,suchas

shooting,pausing,turningthecameraonandoff,andzooming.

*2Timeavailablewhenshootingthemaximummovielength(untilrecordingstops

automatically)repeatedly.

•Thenumberofshotsthatcanbetakenisbasedonmeasurementguidelinesofthe

Camera&ImagingProductsAssociation(CIPA).

•Undersomeshootingconditions,thenumberofshotsandrecordingtimemaybeless

thanmentionedabove.

•Thenumberofshotsandrecordingtimethatcanbetakenmayvarywidelydepending

onthebrandofalkalinebatteriesused.

•Numberofshots/timewithfullychargedNiMHbatteries.

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Specications

Numberof4:3ShotsperMemoryCard

RecordingPixels

Compression

Ratio

NumberofShotsperMemoryCard

(Approx.shots)

8GB 32GB

(Large)

16M/4608x3456

1131 4567

1903 7684

(Medium1)

8M/3264x2448

2252 9094

3721 15020

(Medium2)

2M/1600x1200

7442 30040

12927 52176

(Small)

0.3M/640x480

27291 110150

40937 165225

•ThevaluesinthetablearemeasuredaccordingtoCanonstandardsandmaychange

dependingonthesubject,memorycardandcamerasettings.

•Thevaluesinthetablearebasedon4:3aspectratio.Iftheaspectratioischanged



54),moreimagescanbeshotbecausethedatasizeperimagewillbesmaller

thanwith4:3images.However,since[

]16:9imageshaveasettingof1920x1080

pixels,theirdatasizewillbelargerthan4:3images.

RecordingTimeperMemoryCard

ImageQuality

RecordingTimeperMemoryCard

8GB 32GB

49min.18sec.

3hr.19min.03sec.

1hr.28min.59sec. 5hr.59min.10sec.

*127min.28sec.foriFramemovies(=



78).

*21hr.50min.52sec.foriFramemovies(=



78).

•ThevaluesinthetablearemeasuredaccordingtoCanonstandardsandmaychange

dependingonthesubject,memorycardandcamerasettings.

•Recordingwillautomaticallystopwhenthecliplesizereaches4GB,orwhenthe

recordingtimereachesapproximately29minutesand59secondswhenshootingin[

],andapproximately1hourwhenshootingin[ ].

•Recordingmaystopevenifthemaximumcliplengthhasnotbeenreachedonsome

memorycards.SDSpeedClass6orhighermemorycardsarerecommended.

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Specications

FlashRange

Maximumwideangle(j)

50cm–3.0m(1.6–9.8ft.)

Maximumtelephoto(i)

60cm–2.0m(2.0–6.6ft.)

ShootingRange

Shooting

Mode

Focusing

Range

MaximumWideAngle(j) MaximumTelephoto(i)

–

1cm(0.4in.)–innity 60cm(2.0ft.)–innity

Othermodes

5cm(2.0in.)–innity 60cm(2.0ft.)–innity

1cm(0.4in.)–50cm(1.6ft.)

–

1cm(0.4in.)–innity 60cm(2.0ft.)–innity

*Notavailableinsomeshootingmodes.

ContinuousShootingSpeed

ShootingMode ContinuousShootingMode Speed

Approx.0.8shots/sec.

Approx.0.5shots/sec.

Approx.0.6shots/sec.

– Approx.2.8shots/sec.

ShutterSpeed

<A>mode,automaticallysetrange

1–1/3200sec.

Rangeinallshootingmodes 15–1/3200sec.

<M>modeavailablevalues(sec.)

15,13,10,8,6,5,4,3.2,2.5,2,1.6,1.3,1,

0.8,0.6,0.5,0.4,0.3,1/4,1/5,1/6,1/8,1/10,

1/13,1/15,1/20,1/25,1/30,1/40,1/50,1/60,

1/80,1/100,1/125,1/160,1/200,1/250,1/320,

1/400,1/500,1/640,1/800,1/1000,1/1250,

1/1600,1/2000,1/2500,1/3200

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Specications

Aperture

f/number f/3.5–f/8.0(W),f/5.9–f/8.0(T)

modeavailablevalues

f/3.5,f/4.0,f/4.5,f/5.0,f/5.6,f/5.9,f/6.3,f/7.1,

f/8.0

*Dependingonthezoomposition,someaperturevaluesmaynotbeavailable.

• AlldataisbasedontestsbyCanon.

• Cameraspecicationsorappearancearesubjecttochangewithout

notice.

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Index

AC adapter kit ............................ 157, 164

Accessories ....................................... 157

AE lock ................................................ 81

AF frames ............................................ 92

AF lock................................................. 97

Aspect ratio.......................................... 54

AUTO mode (shooting mode) .. 20, 36, 42

Av (shooting mode) ........................... 105

Batteries ...................................... 15, 157

" Date/time (date/time battery)

Battery and charger kit ................ 157

Level ............................................ 189

Power saving ................................. 34

Battery and charger kit ...................... 157

Black and white images ....................... 86

Blink detection ..................................... 61

Camera

Reset all ...................................... 152

Camera shake ................................... 101

Center (AF frame mode)...................... 93

Clock.................................................... 40

Color (white balance)........................... 84

Compression ratio (image quality) ..... 101

Continuous shooting ............................ 88

Creative lters (shooting mode)........... 71

Cropping ............................................ 134

Custom white balance ......................... 85

Date/time

Adding date stamps ...................... 52

Changing ....................................... 18

Date/time battery ......................... 156

Setting ........................................... 17

World clock .................................. 150

DC coupler......................................... 157

Defaults " Reset all

DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk ........... 2

Digital tele-converter............................ 92

Digital zoom ......................................... 49

Discreet mode (shooting mode) .......... 76

Display language ................................. 19

DPOF ................................................. 173

Drive mode .......................................... 88

Editing

Cropping ...................................... 134

i-Contrast ..................................... 137

My Colors .................................... 136

Red-eye correction ...................... 138

Resizing images .......................... 133

Erasing .............................................. 124

Error messages ................................. 186

Exposure

AE lock .......................................... 81

Compensation ............................... 81

FE lock ........................................ 100

Eye-Fi cards .................................. 2, 179

Face AiAF (AF frame mode) ................ 93

Face self-timer (shooting mode) .......... 69

Favorites ............................................ 129

FE lock............................................... 100

File numbering ................................... 148

Fireworks (shooting mode) .................. 68

Fish-eye effect (shooting mode) .......... 72

Flash

Flash exposure compensation ...... 99

On ................................................. 98

Slow synchro ................................. 98

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Index

Focuscheck.......................................113

Focusing

AFframes...................................... 92

AFlock.......................................... 97

AF-pointzoom............................... 60

ServoAF....................................... 95

Focusingrange

Macro............................................ 90

Manualfocus................................. 90

Focuslock........................................... 93

FUNC.menu

Basicoperations............................ 37

Table............................................ 194

Gridlines............................................. 59

Householdpower............................... 164

i-Contrast..................................... 83,137

iFramemovies(moviemode).............. 78

ImagequalityCompressionratio

(imagequality)

Images

Displayperiod............................... 63

Erasing........................................ 124

PlaybackViewing

Protecting.................................... 120

Indicator............................................... 40

Interfacecable................................. 2,28

ISOspeed............................................ 82

Lamp.................................................... 62

LiveViewControl(shootingmode)...... 66

Low-light(shootingmode)................... 67

Macro(focusmode)............................. 90

Magnieddisplay................................117

Manualfocus(focusmode)................. 90

Memorycards........................................ 2

Recordingtime............................ 204

Basicoperations............................ 38

Table............................................ 192

Meteringmethod.................................. 82

Miniatureeffect(shootingmode)......... 72

Monochrome(shootingmode)............. 75

Movies

Editing......................................... 139

Imagequality

(resolution/framerate)................... 57

Recordingtime............................ 204

M(shootingmode)............................. 106

MyCategory...................................... 130

MyColors.................................... 86,136

Packagecontents.................................. 2

Photobookset-up.............................. 177

PictBridge.................................. 158,166

PlaybackViewing

Portrait(shootingmode)...................... 67

Postereffect(shootingmode)............. 71

PowerACadapterkit

Batteries

Batteryandchargerkit

Powersaving....................................... 34

Clock............................................. 40

Printing.............................................. 166

ProgramAE......................................... 80

Protecting.......................................... 120

P(shootingmode)............................... 80

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Index

Red-eyecorrection...................... 56,138

Resetall............................................. 152

Resizingimages................................ 133

Resolution(imagesize)....................... 55

Rotating............................................. 127

Savingimagestoacomputer.............. 27

Screen

Displaylanguage........................... 19

Icons.................................... 188,190

MenuFUNC.menu,Menu

SD/SDHC/SDXCmemorycards

Memorycards

Searching...........................................115

Self-timer............................................. 50

2-secondself-timer........................ 51

Customizingtheself-timer............. 51

Faceself-timer(shootingmode)... 69

Sepiatoneimages............................... 86

ServoAF.............................................. 95

Shooting

Shootingdate/timeDate/time

Shootinginformation................... 188

Slideshow...........................................118

SmartShufe......................................119

Snow(shootingmode)......................... 68

Software

DIGITALCAMERASolutionDisk.... 2

Installation..................................... 27

Savingimagestoacomputer........ 29

Sounds.............................................. 142

StereoAVcable................................. 162

Strap................................................ 2,14

Supervivid(shootingmode)................ 71

Terminal..................... 159,163,165,166

Toycameraeffect(shootingmode)..... 74

TrackingAF................................... 53,94

Travelingwiththecamera................. 150

Troubleshooting................................. 182

TVdisplay.......................................... 159

Tv(shootingmode)............................ 104

Viewing................................................ 23

Imagesearch...............................115

Indexdisplay................................114

Magnieddisplay.........................117

Single-imagedisplay..................... 23

Slideshow.....................................118

SmartShufe...............................119

TVdisplay................................... 159

Whitebalance(color)........................... 84

Worldclock........................................ 150

WriststrapStrap

Zoom....................................... 20,42,49

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MEMO

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USAandCanadaonly:

TheNickel-MetalHydridebatteryisrecyclable.

Pleasecall1-800-8-BATTERYforinformationonhowtorecyclethis

battery.

FCCNotice

(DigitalCamera,ModelPC1816systems)

ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubjecttothe

followingtwoconditions;

(1)thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference,and

(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,includinginterferencethatmay

causeundesiredoperation.

Note:ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforClass

Bdigitaldevices,pursuanttoPart15oftheFCCrules.Theselimitsaredesigned

toprovidereasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferenceinaresidential

installation.

Thisequipmentgenerates,usesandcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,if

notinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththeinstructions,maycauseharmful

interferencetoradiocommunications.However,thereisnoguaranteethat

interferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstallation.Ifthisequipmentdoescause

harmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,whichcanbedetermined

byturningtheequipmentoffandon,theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrectthe

interferencebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:

•Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.

•Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.

•Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhichthe

receiverisconnected.

•Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.

Thecablewiththeferritecoreprovidedwiththedigitalcameramustbeusedwiththis

equipmentinordertocomplywithClassBlimitsinSubpartBofPart15oftheFCC

rules.

Donotmakeanychangesormodicationstotheequipmentunlessotherwise

speciedinthemanual.Ifsuchchangesormodicationsshouldbemade,youcould

berequiredtostopoperationoftheequipment.

CanonU.S.A.,Inc.

OneCanonPlaza,LakeSuccess,NY11042,U.S.A.

TelNo.(516)328-5600

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CanadianRadioInterferenceRegulations

ThisClassBdigitalapparatuscomplieswithCanadianICES-003.

ForCA,USAonly

IncludedlithiumbatterycontainsPerchlorateMaterial-specialhandlingmayapply.

Seewww.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate/fordetails.

TrademarkAcknowledgments

• TheSDXClogoisatrademarkofSD-3C,LLC.

• ThisdeviceincorporatesexFATtechnologylicensedfromMicrosoft.

• HDMI,theHDMIlogoandHigh-DenitionMultimediaInterfaceare

trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofHDMILicensingLLC.

• TheiFramelogoandtheiFramesymbolaretrademarksofAppleInc.

AboutMPEG-4Licensing

ThisproductislicensedunderAT&TpatentsfortheMPEG-4standard

andmaybeusedforencodingMPEG-4compliantvideoand/ordecoding

MPEG-4compliantvideothatwasencodedonly(1)forapersonaland

non-commercialpurposeor(2)byavideoproviderlicensedundertheAT&T

patentstoprovideMPEG-4compliantvideo.

NolicenseisgrantedorimpliedforanyotheruseforMPEG-4standard.

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• Canonreservestherighttochangethecontentsofthisguideatanytime

withoutpriornotice.

• Illustrationsandscreenshotsinthisguidemaydifferslightlyfromthe

actualequipment.

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