User manual CANON POWERSHOT SD400

[. . . ] ENGLISH DIGITAL CAMERA Camera User Guide Camera User Guide Please read the Read This First section (p. Please also read the Software Starter Guide and the Direct Print User Guide. CDI-E180-010 XX05CHXX © 2005 CANON INC. PRINTED IN JAPAN Flowchart and Reference Guides This Guide Shooting with the Camera Software Starter Guide Installing the Software This Guide Connecting the Camera to a Computer This Guide Software Starter Guide Downloading Images to a Computer Direct Print User Guide Printer User Guide Using the Printer and Printing Use of genuine Canon accessories is recommended. This product is designed to achieve excellent performance when used with genuine Canon accessories. [. . . ] See page 178 for details. 1 Slide the mode switch to (Movie). The maximum recording time (in seconds) is displayed. 81 2 In the FUNC. menu, select a movie mode. · See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. · You can shoot the image right after selecting settings by pressing the shutter button. The menu displays again after the shot, allowing you to change the settings easily. 85). 3 Press the FUNC. /SET button. The display will return to the shooting screen and the icon of the selected movie mode will appear in the LCD monitor. 4 Press the shutter button halfway. The camera will automatically set the exposure, focus and white balance. 5 Press the shutter button fully. · Shooting and sound recording starts simultaneously. · During shooting the recording time (in seconds) and a red circle appear on the LCD monitor. 82 6 Press the shutter button fully again to stop recording. The maximum recording time may vary with the subject and shooting conditions. Just before the maximum is reached, or just before the SD card fills to capacity, the counter at the bottom right of the LCD monitor will display in red and recording will stop automatically after approximately 10 seconds. Shooting · The recording time may not display properly during shooting or filming may stop unexpectedly with the following types of SD cards. - Slow recording cards - Cards formatted on a different camera or a computer - Cards which have had images recorded and erased repeatedly Although the recording time may not display properly during shooting, the movie will be recorded correctly on the SD card. Recording time will display properly if you format the SD card in this camera (excluding slow recording SD cards). · You are recommended to use an SD card that has been formatted in your camera to shoot movies (p. The card supplied with the camera may be used without further formatting. · Do not press buttons other than the shutter button while filming to avoid inadvertent recording of the operation sounds. · The AF and zoom settings remain fixed for subsequent frames at the values selected for the first frame. · During filming, the camera will automatically correct the exposure and white balance settings to suit the shooting conditions. Please note, however, that the sounds made by the automatic settings adjustment may also be recorded. · After a clip is shot, the indicator will blink green while the clip is being written to the SD card. You cannot shoot again until the blinking stops. 83 ·See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. · You can lock the exposure (AE lock) setting or adjust the exposure compensation setting before shooting. Press the button to lock the exposure setting (AE lock) and display the exposure compensation bar in the LCD monitor. The exposure compensation setting will cancel if you press the MENU button or change the white balance, photo effect or shooting mode. · The recording time and capacity may vary according to camera usage and SD card performance. If free space in the camera's internal memory becomes too scarce, even if there is surplus recording time or capacity available, the "!" symbol will display at the bottom right of the LCD monitor in red and the camera will automatically cease filming shortly thereafter. [. . . ] 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. [. . . ]