ENGLISH Camera User Guide Getting Started p. 9 Ensure that you read the Safety Precautions (pp. 252 ­ 261). 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 AA-size Alkaline Batteries (×4) c Interface Cable IFC-400PCU d Stereo Video Cable e Neck Strap STV-250N NS-DC7 g Wireless Controller h Lithium Battery WL-DC300 (CR2025) for Wireless Controller f Lens Cap i Lens Hood LH-DC50 j Canon Digital Camera k Canon Warranty Solution Disk System Booklet l User Guides · Getting Started Guide · Canon Digital Camera Manuals Disk A memory card is not included. · Adobe Reader must be installed to view the PDF manuals. Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 can be installed to view Word manuals (Middle East only). If this software is not installed on your computer, access the following web site to download the software: http://www.adobe.com (in the case of PDF) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ (in the case of Word format). 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 p. 39 Once you have mastered the basics, use the camera's many features to shoot more challenging photos. Details on using each function, including how to connect the camera to a television to view images and using the Wireless Controller are described in this section. The electronic Manuals are included in the supplied CD-ROM. 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shooting Still Images (A Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Still Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 1 Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Power Lamp and Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Basic Operations 47 Menus and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Information Displayed on the LCD Monitor (Viewfinder) and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 The LCD Monitor and Viewfinder Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Customizing Display Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Commonly Used Shooting Functions 67 j i Using the Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Using the Digital Zoom/Digital Tele-Converter. . . . . . . . . . 68 Table of Contents 3 h Using the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 e Shooting Close-ups (Macro/Super Macro) . . . . . . . . . . 73 Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Changing the Aspect Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Changing the Recording Pixels (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . 81 Changing the Compression (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Setting the Image Stabilizer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 } Adjusting the ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Reducing Camera Shake When Shooting (Auto ISO Shift) . 87 Shooting Using the Mode Dial 89 Mode Dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 E Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Setting the Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Shooting Modes for Specific Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 G Program AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 M Setting the Shutter Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 B Setting the Aperture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 D Manually Setting the Shutter Speed and Aperture . . . 106 L Shooting Panoramic Images (Stitch Assist) . . . . . . . . 108 Various Shooting Methods 110 W Continuous Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Setting the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Checking the Focus and People's Expressions. . . . . . . . 115 Switching between Focus Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Selecting an AF Frame Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Selecting a Subject to Focus On (Face Select and Track) . . 124 Shooting with Servo AF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock, Manual Focus, Safety MF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Focus Bracketing (Focus-BKT Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock) . . . . . . . . 135 b Adjusting the Exposure Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Shooting while Brightening Dark Areas (i-Contrast) . . . . 137 Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 4 Table of Contents Switching between Metering Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Adjusting the Tone (White Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Shooting in a My Colors Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Changing the Colors and Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Categorizing Images Automatically (Auto Category) . . . . 152 C Saving Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Registering Functions to the c Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Setting My Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Playback/Erasing 158 k Viewing Magnified Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 g Viewing Images in Sets of 12 (Index Playback). . . . . . 159 Checking the Focus and People's Expressions (Focus Check Display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 d Jumping to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Organizing Images by Category (My Category). . . . . . . . 164 Trimming a Portion of an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Viewing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Editing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Rotating Images in the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Playback with Transition Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Automated Playback (Slide Shows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Red-Eye Correction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Brightening Dark Areas (i-Contrast). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Adding Effects with the My Colors Function . . . . . . . . . . 192 Resizing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 _ Attaching Sound Memos to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Sound-Only Recording (Sound Recorder) . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Protecting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Erasing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Print Settings/Transfer Settings 209 Setting the DPOF Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Setting the DPOF Transfer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Configuring the Camera 219 Power Saving Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Table of Contents 5 220 223 224 226 228 230 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 231 Shooting/Playback Using a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Connecting to a High-Definition TV Using the HDMI Cable (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Customizing the Camera (My Camera Settings) 234 Changing My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Registering My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Troubleshooting List of Messages Appendix Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preventing Malfunctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Wireless Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching the Lens Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Power Kits (Sold Separately). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using an Externally Mounted Flash (Sold Separately) . . Replacing the Date Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camera Care and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 248 252 252 258 262 266 267 270 278 280 281 Index Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode 291 296 6 About this Guide About this Guide Symbol Conventions in this Guide 72 hUsing the Flash Available Shooting Modes p. 296 1 Raise the flash ll 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. 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 For information on your camera's warranty, please refer to the Canon Warranty System Booklet supplied with your camera. For Canon Customer Support contacts, please see the Canon Warranty System Booklet. 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 and Viewfinder The LCD monitor and viewfinder are 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. 231). Language Setting Please s ...