ENGLISH Camera User Guide Getting Started Learning More Components Guide Basic Operations Commonly Used Shooting Functions Shooting Using the Mode Dial Advanced Shooting Functions Playback/Erasing Print Settings/Transfer Settings Connecting a TV set Customizing the Camera Troubleshooting List of Messages Appendix Ensure that you read the Safety Precautions (pp. 224­229). DIGITAL CAMERA Camera User Guide CDI-E328-010 XX07NiXX © 2007 CANON INC. PRINTED IN JAPAN Workflow and Reference Guides The following guides are available. Refer to them as necessary according to the flowchart below. : This Guide Confirming the package contents Prepare the camera for use Camera User Guide Getting Started Using the camera Learn more about the camera Camera User Guide Learning More Connect the camera to other devices · Connecting to a printer · Connecting to a TV set · Connecting to a computer Camera User Guide Direct Print User Guide Software Starter Guide ZoomBrowser EX/ ImageBrowser Software User Guide · PDF manuals available on the Canon website. http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/information-e.html Confirming the Package Contents 1 Confirming the Package Contents Your camera package includes all of the following items. If any of these items are missing, please contact the dealer for assistance. a b c Digital Camera Battery Pack NB-2LH (With Terminal Cover) Battery Charger CB-2LW/CB-2LWE d Memory Card (32MB) e Interface Cable IFC-400PCU f AV Cable AVC-DC300 g Neck Strap NS-DC6 h Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk i Warranty Card j User Guides · Camera User Guide · Direct Print User Guide · Software Starter Guide · "Canon Customer Support" Leaflet · "Use of Genuine Canon Accessories Recommended" Leaflet You may not be able to achieve the full performance of this camera with the included memory card. You can use SD memory cards, SDHC memory cards, MultiMediaCards, MMCplus cards and HC MMCplus cards with this camera. These cards are collectively called memory cards in this guide. 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents Items marked with a are lists or charts that summarize camera functions or procedures. Please Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Getting Started Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shooting Still Images ( Auto Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Still Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shooting Movies ( Standard Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Downloading Images to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Learning More Components Guide 40 Using the Control Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Power Saving Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 10 16 19 20 22 23 24 26 34 Basic Operations Menus and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Menus and Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switching between Shooting Mode and Playback Mode . . Using the LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LCD Monitor Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing Display Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information Displayed on the LCD Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resetting Settings to Their Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 46 48 54 55 56 57 59 65 68 Table of Contents 3 Formatting Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Commonly Used Shooting Functions 70 Using the Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Using the Digital Zoom/Digital Tele-Converter . . . . . . . . . 71 Using the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Shooting Close-ups (Macro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Changing the Recording Pixels and Compression (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Changing the Image Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Setting the Image Stabilizer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Adjusting the ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Checking the Focus and Peoples' Expressions (Focus Check) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Shooting Using the Mode Dial 88 Mode Dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Shooting Modes for Specific Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Program AE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Setting the Shutter Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Setting the Aperture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Manually Setting the Shutter Speed and Aperture . . . 98 Shooting Panoramic Images (Stitch Assist) . . . . . . . 100 Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Setting the Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Saving Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Advanced Shooting Functions Continuous Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Red-Eye Reduction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Slow Synchro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switching between Focus Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting an AF Frame Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock, Manual Focus, Safety MF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Focus Bracketing (Focus-BKT Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 111 113 114 115 116 123 127 4 Table of Contents Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Shooting with FE Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Using the ND Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Reducing the Effects of Camera Shake (Auto ISO Shift). 133 Adjusting the Exposure Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Switching between Metering Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Adjusting the Tone (White Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Shooting in a My Colors Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Changing the Colors and Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Switching between Flash Adjustment Settings . . . . . . . . 148 Compensating the Flash Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Setting the Flash Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Switching the Timing at which the Flash Fires. . . . . . . . . 151 Adjusting Exposure for Built-in Flash Shooting (Safety FE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Registering Settings to the Shortcut Button . . . . . . . . 153 Setting the Auto Rotate Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Creating an Image Destination (Folder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Resetting the File Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Playback/Erasing 160 Viewing Magnified Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Viewing Images in Sets of Nine (Index Playback) . . . 161 Checking the Focus and Peoples' Expressions (Focus Check Display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Jumping to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Organizing Images by Category (My Category). . . . . . . . 167 Viewing Movies (Operating the Movie Control Panel) . . . 170 Editing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Rotating Images in the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Playback with Transition Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Automated Playback (Slide Shows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Red-Eye Correction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Adding My Colors Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Resizing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Table of Contents 5 189 190 192 195 Attaching Sound Memos to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sound-Only Recording (Sound Recorder). . . . . . . . . . . . Protecting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Print Settings/Transfer Settings 198 Setting the DPOF Print Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Setting the DPOF Transfer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Connecting a TV set Customizing the Camera (My Camera Settings) 205 207 Viewing Images on a TV set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Changing My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Registering My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Troubleshooting List of Messages Appendix Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preventing Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battery Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Handling the Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Power Kits (Sold Separately). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Lenses (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using an Externally Mounted Flash (Sold Separately) . . Using an Externally Mounted Flash (Sold Separately) . . Camera Care and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 220 224 224 229 229 232 234 236 242 249 251 252 INDEX Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode 264 270 6 Symbol Conventions in this Guide Advanced Shooting Functions 131 Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB Mode) See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 286). Shooting Mode In this mode, the camera automatically changes the exposure within a set range to take three shots as the same interval as continuous shooting (p. 111). The images are shot in the following order: Standard exposure, underexposure and overexposure. Mode: Shooting ( Playback ( ) )/ Available shooting modes 1 Select AEB. 1. Press the button. 2. Use the or button to select and use the or button to select . 3. Press the button. These modes are available. These modes are not available. 2 Adjust the compensation range. 1. Adjust the compensation range with the or button. 2. Press the button. : 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. 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. 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. About the LCD Monitor The LCD monitor is produced with extremely high-p ...