Canon PowerShot A430 User manual

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Preparations

•Installing the battery and memory

card

•Setting the date, time and language

Shooting

Playback/Erasing

Menus and

Settings

Handling

precautions,

references

the

various

shooting

and

playback

functions

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This guide uses illustrations

the PowerShot A430.

Preparations

Installing

the

Battery

and

Memory

Card

1Open memory card slot/battery cover.

•

Insert the batteries, and insert the memory card until it clicks

into place, then close the cover.

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Ensure that the memory card

correctly oriented before inserting it

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the camera. It may damage the camera if inserted incorrectly.

You can use

SD*

memory cards and MultiMediaCards with this camera.

These cards are collectively called memory cards

this guide.

stands for Secure Digital, acopyright protection system.

Remove the Memory Card

Use your finger to push the memory card

until you hear aclick, then

release it.

Hold down the DISP. button, and

press the power button to turn on the

mute setting and turn off all operation

sounds except the warnings.

1Press the power button.

The upper indicator blinks green.

turn the power off, press the power

button once more.

First

Time

Settings

ISetting the Date/Time

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til

Upper indicator Power button

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Using

the

LCD

Monitor

(p.

15)

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Power

Saving

Function

(p.

20)

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Set

(p.

25)

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Camera

(p.

27)

2Select the item you wish to set

using the

button and

set its value using the.&. or T

button

(CD).

3Confirm that the correct time

is displayed and press the

FUNC.lSET button (@).

The date/time can also be set

the

Set up menu (p.

11).

ISetting the Display Language

1Set the mode dial to [E]

(Playback)

(CD).

2Hold down the FUNC./SET button (@) and press the MENU

button (@).

3Use the

.&.,

button (@) to select alanguage and

press the FUNC.lSET button (@).

The language can also be set

the Set up menu (p. 11).

StiDDtilig

1Set the mode dial to 0(Auto).

2Aim the camera at the subject.

Be careful not to block the flash with your finger.

3Press the shutter button lightly

(halfway) to focus. Upper indicator

The camera beeps twice and the

upper indicator lights green when the

camera focuses.

Lightly press

(Pressing halfway)

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The beep will sound one time

the subject is difficult to focus on.

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the

Advanced

Guide:

Shooting

Hard-to-Focus

Subjects

(p.

47)

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4Press the shutter button fully

(all the way) to shoot.

The shutter sound will play (a beep

sound for the PowerShot A420), and

the image will record.

The upper indicator will blink green

while the image

recorded to the

memory card.

Pressing fully

Upper indicator (Pressing all the way)

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Basic

Shooting

Functions

(p.

See

the

Advanced

Guide

verify

the

advanced

shooting

method.

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Movie

Shooting

(p.

37)

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Indicators

(p.

19)

Mode Dial

AUTO

----------

The camera automatically selects

settings.

Reviewing

Image

Right

After

Shooting

After ashot is taken, the image appears

the LCD monitor for

approximately 2seconds.

override this time limit and continue displaying the image, use one

the following methods:

•

Keep

the shutter button fully depressed after taking the shot.

•Press the FUNC./SET

DISP.

button

while

the

image

is displayed in the

LCD

monitor.*

Press the shutter button halfway again to stop displaying it.

*This operation is not available in the Stitch

Assist

mode

(p. 6).

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Changing

the

Review

Duration

(p.

24)

~See

Erasing

(p.

10)

Basic

Shooting

Functions

ISelecting

Shooting

Mode

Use the mode dial and menu to select the Shooting modes.

MOVIE

Modes for shooting movies

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available with this

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6modes are available with this camera.

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You

can manually adjust the exposure,

white balance,

Colors, shooting /

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panorama composition images SeN SPECIAL SCENE

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and

other settings before 8scene modes

shoot with the most

shooting. appropriate settings for the scene are available

with this camera.

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Movie

Shooting

(p.

37)

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Shooting

mode

•

Selecting aShooting Mode

the

,SeN, and

-'"

modes, the same procedure is used for

selecting shooting modes. The following explanation uses the

mode as an example.

1Set the mode dial to

(CD).

2Press the FUNC./SET

button (@).

3Use the

......

button to

select ashooting mode

(@).

4Press the FUNC./SET

button (@).

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Mode Items

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Allows

you

select

settings

yourself,

such

the

exposure

compensation,

white

balance

Colors

settings.

Color Accent

Allows

you

have

only

the

color

specified

the

LCD

monitor

remain

and

transform

all

others

black

and

white.

See

the

Advanced

Guide

(p.

42)

Stitch Assist

L-

Use

this

mode

when

taking

shots

that

you

want

combine

into

rill

panorama.

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the

Advanced

Guide

(p.

40)

Super Macro

Allows

you

take

magnified

shots

subjects

closer

than

standard

Macro

mode

(p.

9).

Shooting

possible

when

the

distance

from

the

front

the

lens

the

subject

the

following

range:

(0.4

2.0

in.)

(maximum

wide

angle)

See

the

Advanced

Guide

(p.

31)

Color Swap

Allows

you

transform

color

specified

the

LCD

monitor

into

another

color.

See

the

Advanced

Guide

(p.

43)

ISpecial Scene Mode Items

By selecting ashooting mode, you can capture scenes with optimal

shooting.

Portrait

Blurs

the

background

and

makes

person

stand

out.

Kids&Pets

Allows

you

capture

subjects

that

move

around,

such

children

and

pets,

without

missing

photo

opportunities.

Foliage

Shoots

trees

and

leaves

such

new

growth,

autumn

leaves

blossoms

vivid

colors.

rJBeach

Shoots

without

making

people

appear

dark

near

water

sand

where

reflected

sunlight

strong.

Night Snapshot

•

Allows

you

take

snapshots

people

against

twilight

night

backgrounds

reducing

the

effects

camera

shake

even

without

using

tripod.

lndoor

•

Prevents

camera

shake

and

maintains

the

subject's

true

color

when

shooting

under

fluorescent

tungsten

lighting.

[)

eSnow

Shoots

without

blue

tinge

and

without

making

people

appear

dark

against

snowy

background.

IIFireworks

Captures

fireworks

the

sky

sharply

and

optimal

exposure.

IMovie Mode Items

Allows you to shoot amovie just by pressing the shutter button.

The following movie modes are available:

Standard, Compact (for sending movies as e-mail attachments), Color

Accent (for shooting

black and white except for specified colors), and

Color Swap (for changing aspecified color into another).

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Movie

Shooting

(p.

37)

•

IUsing the Zoom

The zoom can be adjusted to the following

35 mm film equivalent terms.

PowerShot A430: 39 mm -156 mm

PowerShot A420: 39 mm -125 mm

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Telephoto

Zooms

on the subject.

[ill]

Wide Angle

Zooms out from the subject.

IUsing the Flash

Auto

mAuto with red-eye reduction*

Flash on with red-eye reduction*

UFlash

Flash off

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Slow Synchro

~button

Press this button to cycle through flash settings.

(Flash settings cannot be used

some shooting modes.)

*Red-Eye Reduction: This feature reduces the effect

light reflecting back from the

eyes and making them appear red.

•Distance ranges for shooting with the flash are 47 cm

3.0 m(1.5 to

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10 ft.) (W) and 47 cm to 2.0 m(1.5 to 6.6 ft.) (T).

•Ifthe LCD monitor

on when the flash begins charging, the upper

indicator will blink orange, and the LCD monitor will turn off. When

charging

complete, the upper indicator will turn off, and the LCD will

turn on again. The charge time varies depending on conditions

use

such as the remaining battery life.

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