ENGLISH Camera User Guide C Y P O p. 9 Getting Started Ensure that you read the Safety Precautions (pp. 248 ­ 257). Confirming the Package Contents The following items are included in the package. If something is missing please contact the retail outlet at which you purchased the product. a Camera b Battery Pack NB-7L (With Terminal Cover) c Battery Charger CB-2LZ/CB-2LZE d Interface Cable IFC-400PCU e AV Cable AVC-DC300 g Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk j User Guides · · · C h Warranty Card Y P O f Neck Strap NS-DC8 i "Canon Customer Support" Leaflet Camera User Guide (this guide) Direct Print User Guide (Connecting the camera to a printer) Software Starter Guide (Connecting the camera to a computer) See the PDF manuals available on the Canon website. · · ZoomBrowser EX/ImageBrowser Software User Guide (http://web.canon.jp/imaging/information-e.html) Digital Photo Professional Instruction Manual A memory card is not included. Let's Get Started! 1 Let's Get Started! This guide is divided into the following two sections. First... Getting Started p. 9 This section explains how to prepare the camera for use and the basics of shooting, viewing and printing images. Start out by familiarizing yourself with the camera and mastering the basics. Next... Learning More C Y P O p. 39 Once you have mastered the basics, use the camera's many features to shoot more challenging photos. Details on using each function are described in this section, including how to connect the camera to a television to view images. 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents Items marked with a or procedures. are lists or charts that summarize camera functions Please Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shooting Still Images ( Viewing Still Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Standard Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shooting Movies ( Viewing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Downloading Images to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 17 19 20 21 24 26 27 34 Learning More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Components Guide 40 Using the Control Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using the Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 C Y P O Basic Operations Menus and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information Displayed on the LCD Monitor and Menus . . . The LCD Monitor Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing Display Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 47 49 63 66 Commonly Used Shooting Functions 68 Using the Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Using the Digital Zoom/ Digital Tele-Converter . . . . . . . . . 69 Using the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Table of Contents 3 74 75 80 81 82 85 87 88 Shooting Close-ups (Macro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Recording Pixels (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Compression (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Image Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Image Stabilizer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting the ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reducing Camera Shake When Shooting (Auto ISO Shift) Shooting Using the Mode Dial 90 Mode Dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Shooting Modes for Specific Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Program AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Setting the Shutter Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Setting the Aperture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Manually Setting the Shutter Speed and Aperture . . 100 Shooting Panoramic Images (Stitch Assist) . . . . . . . 102 Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Setting the Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Saving Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Various Shooting Methods Continuous Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Setting the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Checking the Focus and People's Expressions. . . . . . . . 116 Switching between Focus Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Selecting an AF Frame Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Selecting a Subject to Focus On (Face Select and Track) 125 Shooting with Servo AF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock, Manual Focus, Safety MF) . . . . 128 Focus Bracketing (Focus-BKT Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock) . . . . . . 136 Adjusting the Exposure Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Shooting while Brightening Dark Areas (i-Contrast) . . . . 138 Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 C Y P O 111 4 Table of Contents Using the ND Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Switching between Metering Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Adjusting the Tone (White Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Shooting in a My Colors Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Changing the Colors and Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Categorizing Images Automatically (Auto Category) . . . . 154 Registering Functions to the Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Setting My Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Playback/Erasing 159 Viewing Magnified Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Viewing Images in Sets of Nine (Index Playback) . . . 160 Checking the Focus and People's Expressions (Focus Check Display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Jumping to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Organizing Images by Category (My Category). . . . . . . . 165 Trimming a Portion of an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Viewing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Editing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Rotating Images in the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Playback with Transition Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Automated Playback (Slide Shows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Red-Eye Correction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Brightening Dark Areas (i-Contrast). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Adding Effects with the My Colors Function . . . . . . . . . . 189 Resizing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Attaching Sound Memos to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Sound-Only Recording (Sound Recorder) . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Protecting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Erasing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 C Y P O Print Settings/Transfer Settings 207 Setting the DPOF Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Setting the DPOF Transfer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Configuring the Camera 216 Power Saving Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Table of Contents 5 217 220 221 223 225 227 Setting the World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Low Level Formatting Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resetting the File Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an Image Destination (Folder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Auto Rotate Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resetting Settings to Their Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting to a TV Customizing the Camera (My Camera Settings) 228 230 Shooting/Playback Using a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Changing My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Registering My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Troubleshooting List of Messages Appendix Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preventing Malfunctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the AC Adapter (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Lenses (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using an Externally Mounted Flash (Sold Separately) . . Using a Supplementary Flash (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . Using the Remote Switch (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . . . . Camera Care and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Y P O 233 244 248 248 254 258 260 265 273 275 276 277 Index Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode 287 300 6 About this Guide About this Guide Symbol Conventions in this Guide 73 Using the Flash Available Shooting Modes p. 300 1 Press the button. Mode: Shooting ( Playback ( )/ ) Some functions may not be available in certain shooting modes. If there is no notation to that effect, the function may be used in all modes. : This mark denotes issues that may affect the camera's operation. : This mark denotes additional topics that complement the basic operating procedures. Explanations in this guide are based on the camera's default settings at time of purchase. The illustrations and screenshots used in this guide may differ from the actual camera. You can use SD memory cards, SDHC (SD High Capacity) memory cards, MultiMediaCards, MMCplus cards and HC MMCplus cards in this camera. These are collectively referred to as memory cards in this guide. C Y P O Please Read 7 Please Read Test Shots Before you try to photograph important subjects, we highly recommend that you shoot several trial images to confirm that the camera is operating and being operated correctly. Please note that Canon Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates, 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. Warning Against Copyright Infringement Please note that Canon digital cameras are intended for personal use and should never be used in a manner that infringes upon or contravenes international or domestic copyright laws and regulations. Please be advised that in certain cases the copying of images from performances, exhibitions, or commercial properties by means of a camera or other device may contravene copyright or other legal rights even if the image was shot for personal use. Warranty Limitations This camera's warranty is only effective in the country of sale. If a problem arises while the camera is in use abroad, please convey it back to the country of sale before proceeding with a warranty claim to a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. For Canon Customer Support contacts, please see the customer support list supplied with your camera. C Y P O 8 Please Read Camera Body Temperature If your camera is used for prolonged periods, the camera body may become warm. Please be aware of this and take care when operating the camera for an extended period. This is not a malfunction. About the LCD Monitor The LCD monitor is produced with extremely high-precision manufacturing techniques. More than 99.99% of the pixels operate to specification. Less than 0.01% of the pixels may occasionally misfire or appear as red or black dots. This has no effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a malfunction. Video Format Please set the camera's video signal format to the one used in your region before using it with a TV monitor (p. 228). Language Setting Please see Setting the Display Language (p. 15) to change the language setting. C Y P O 9 Getting Started Preparations Shooting Still Images Viewing Still Images Erasing Printing Shooting Movies Viewing Movies Downloading Images to a Computer System Map C Y P O 10 ...