User manual CANON POWERSHOT A50

[. . . ] It describes the camera functions, setup and operating procedures. Digital Camera Operating Steps and Reference Guides Hardware Guide (This Guide) Prepare the Camera for Use Start Taking Pictures PowerShot A50 Software Starter Guide Install the Software PowerShot A50 Solutions Disk(s) Load Images onto a Computer Read This First Camera Setup or "Using [ software name ] " On-screen Guide or PowerShot A50 Software Stater Guide Quick Start Basic Functions Buttons Mode Dial Functions Stitch Assist Mode Menu Features Other Functions Appendices Customer Support On-screen "Help" Processing Images with the Software 3 Introduction Thank you for purchasing a Canon PowerShot A50, the easy-to-use digital camera with a wide-angle zoom lens and a large range of built-in functions incorporated into a compact, completely flat body. Carefully read this guide and the accompanying PowerShot A50 Software Starter Guide to ensure you obtain maximum benefit from the digital imaging possibilities offered by the PowerShot A50. Disclaimer · While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this guide is accurate and complete, no liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions. reserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware and software described herein at any time without prior notice. · No part of this guide may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form, by any means, without the prior written permission of Canon Inc. [. . . ] Never open the CF card slot cover 47 Buttons when these signals are on. Doing so could corrupt the image data. Focus Lock Pressing the shutter button halfway locks the focus until the button is released. This allows you to focus on a particular object while freely changing the image composition. A moment after depressing the shutter button halfway, two beeps will sound and a green or red indicator will light, indicating a focus lock. You are now free to reorient the camera knowing that your target subject is in focus. · If you release the shutter button only to the halfway point after taking a picture, you can take a second picture at the same focal setting simply by pressing the shutter button all the way down again. 48 Situations Not Suited to Autofocus Photography Some subjects are not suited to autofocus photography. For these subjects, aim the camera at another object at the same distance, press and hold the shutter button halfway to lock the focus, and re-aim the camera at the subject. The following subjects are generally difficult to shoot with autofocus. · extremely low-contrast objects · compositions that mix close and far objects in the center of the viewfinder · extremely bright objects in the center of the viewfinder · moving objects such as automobiles For objects behind glass, position the camera as close as possible to the glass to reduce unintended reflection. Buttons Zoom Buttons The zoom can be set from wide angle, 4. 3 mm (35 mm film equivalent: 28 mm), to telephoto, 10. 8 mm (35 mm film equivalent: side of the button 70 mm). Press the right to zoom in (telephoto) and the left side to zoom out (wide angle). Telephoto Wide Angle Continuous/Self-Timer/+ Button Auto Mode: This button turns the Self-Timer mode on and off. The shutter will activate 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed. Program Mode: This button switches between the Single (frame), Continuous (frame) and Self-Timer modes. Buttons § · The zoom setting can not be changed while a menu is displayed or after the first shot has been taken in Stitch Assist mode. · The icon indicates the Single mode. One frame is shot when the shutter button is pressed. § 49 · The icon indicates the Continuous mode. If the shutter button is pressed continuously, up to 15 frames will be shot continuously until the internal memory is full. The shutter will automatically activate 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed. Play Mode: This button displays the next stored image. Self-Timer Procedures · With the Self-Timer mode activated, the shutter activates 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed. You can tell when the Self-Timer has been activated by the beeping sounds and the flashing of the Red-Eye Reduction Lamp. § Buttons 50 Flash/- Button Program or Stitch Assist Mode: This button switches between the Auto, RedEye Reduction, Flash On and Flash Off functions. The flash will automatically respond to the light level detected by the camera. When the flash is required, the Red-Eye Reduction Lamp will light when you press the shutter button. The flash will fire with each shot. · The icon indicates the Flash Off mode. The flash will not fire. · The Red-Eye Reduction mode counteracts the tendency for flash photography to produce the red-eye effect in prints of humans and animals, the result of light reflected back from the subjects' retinas. The flash emitted before the actual shutter operation causes the subjects' irises to narrow in advance, thereby reducing the potential for reflections back from the retinas. · When shooting in the Red-Eye Reduction mode, press the shutter button halfway and wait a moment before pressing it fully. [. . . ] You attempted to play a CCD RAW image for which there is no thumbnail because the CF card was removed while the image was still being recorded. You attempted to play an image in an unsupported file format (another manufacturer's proprietary format). Incompatible JPEG format: No CF card: Corrupted Data: Cannot rotate: No thumbnail: Unidentified Image: 101 Appendices Specifications PowerShot A50 Image Sensor: 1, 310, 000-pixel (total), 1/2. 7-inch charge coupled device (effective pixels 1, 250, 000) Gradation Reproduction:8 bits x 3 colors (10-bit data processing) Sensitivity: Equivalent to ISO 100 to 400 (ISO 400 for Small mode in low light only) Image Data Storage: CompactFlashTM card File Format: Design rule for Camera File System/CIFF (Camera Image File Format) Image Compression: Images: JPEG and proprietary Canon format (CRW); Thumbnails: JPEG Compression Modes: Fine, Normal and CCD RAW Recorded Image Size: 1280 x 960 pixels (Large), 640 x 480 pixels (Small) Image Properties: Shooting date and time, image serial number, etc. Camera Modes: Auto, Program, Stitch Assist, Play, Multi and PC Lens: 4. 3 mm/F2. 6 to 10. 8 mm / F4. 0 (35 mm film equivalent: 28 to 70 mm) Viewfinder: Real-image optical viewfinder 2-inch low-temperature poli-silicon thin-film transistor liquid crystal display Shutter: Mechanical + electronic Shutter Speeds: Slow Shutter Off: 1/6 to 1/750 sec. Focusing Method: Through the lens autofocus (TTL AF) Focusing Range: Standard: 20 in. [. . . ]