Canon PowerShot A540 User manual

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Basic

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First

This guide explains how to prepare the camera and use its basic features.

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System

Map

Preparations

•Installing the batteries and memory card

•Setting the date, time and language

Shooting

Playback/Erasing

Menus

and

Settings

Basic

Camera

User

Guide

(This

Guide)

•

Read

this

first

Handling

precautions,

references

the

various

shooting

and

playback

functions

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Guide

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•

Installing

the

software

•

Downloading

images

computer

•

Using

the

software

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User

Guide

•PDF manuals available

the Canon website.

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In this guide, the Basic Camera User Guide is called the Basic Guide,

and the Advanced Camera User Guide

called the Advanced Guide.

this guide, explanations are given using illustrations for PowerShotA540.

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Installing the batteries.

Slide the memory card slot/battery cover lock

the

direction

the arrow and open the cover.

Insert the 2supplied AA-size alkaline batteries, or

separately sold AA-size NiMH batteries.

mSee

the

Advanced

Guide:

Battery

Handling

(p.102)

2. Inserting the Memory Card.

Insert the memory card until it clicks into place.

Front

2. Close the memory card slot/battery cover.

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Handling

the

Memory

Card

(p.

104)

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Formatting

Memory

Cards

(p.

30)

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•

Remove

the

Memory

Card

Push the memory card with your finger until the memory card clicks

and then release

it.

You can use SD* memory cards and MultiMediaCards with this camera.

These cards are collectively called memory cards in this guide.

stands for Secure Digital, acopyright protection system.

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First

Time

Settings

•

Setting

the

Date/Time

Press

the

power

button

«1).

Use

the

•

button

select

an item and

the

...

button

change

its

value

(@).

Confirm

that

the

correct

time

displayed

and

press

the

FUNC./SET

button

(@).

The date and time can also be set

the Set up menu

(p.

13).

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The date/time setting screen will appear when the

camera power is turned on for the first time, or when the

capacity

the lithium date/time battery is depleted.

•

Setting

the

Display

Language

Set

the

mode

switch

(playback).

Hold

down

the FUNC./SET

button

and

press

the

button.

Use

the

,... , •

button

select

alanguage and

press

the

FUNC./SET

button.

The display language can also be set

the Set up menu (p. 13).

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1. Press the

power

button.

Power button

The start-up sound will play and the start-up

image will display

the LCD monitor.

•Pressing the power button again turns the

power off.

•Pressing the power button while pressing

and holding the DISP. button will turn on the mute setting which

will mute all sounds except for warning sounds.

Set

the

mode

switch

(shooting)

(CD).

3.Set

the

shooting

mode

dial

fD)

(Auto)(@).

Aim

the

camera

the

subject.

Focus

and

shoot.

Indicators

1. Press the

shutter

button

halfway

focus.

When the camera focuses, the camera

beeps twice and the indicator lights green.

Press the

shutter

button

fully

shoot.

The

shutter

sound

will

play

and

the

image

will

record.

The

indicator

will

blink

green

while

the

image

recorded

the

memory

card.

See

Basic

Shooting

Functions

(p.

5).

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Indicators

(p.

20)

a;:i1~~:'dvanced

Guide

for

the

various

shooting

methods

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Reviewing

Image

Right

After

Shooting

After ashot

taken, the image appears

the LCD monitor for

approximately 2seconds.

You can continue to display images regardless ofthe review duration

setting with the following procedures.

•Keeping the shutter button pressed after ashot.

•Pressing the FUNC./SET

DISP. button while the image

displayed

the LCD monitor.

To stop displaying the press the shutter button halfway.

Basic

Shooting

Functions

•

Selecting

Shooting

Mode

1. Set the shooting mode dial to the desired mode

«(1)).

the SeN and

modes, use

the.

button (@) to select

ashooting mode.

e[Av]

and

[Tv]

modes only apply

to PowerShot A540.

•

Shooting

Modes

-------15

See

the

Advanced

Guide

(p.

60)

seN

(Special Scene)

You can shoot with the most appropriate settings for the scene.

Night scene

Allows you to capture human subjects againstthe backdrop

an evening sky or night scene. The flash is directed at the

person and the shutter speed

slow, so both the person and

the background can be beautifully shot.

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Stitch Assist

Allows you to shoot overlapping images that can later be

merged (stitched) to create one panoramic image on a

computer.

•" Shoots amovie when you press the shutter button.

Apart from [

Standard] mode, you can also select from [

Fast Frame Rate]

(PowerShot A540 only) which is suitable for shooting sports

fast motion,

[

Compact] which is convenient for email attachments, [IiColor Accent]

whICh

has only the color specified

the LCD monitor remain and transforms all

others to black and white, and [IIColor Swap] which transforms acolor

specified

the LCD monitor into another color.

You can freely select camera settings such as the exposure and

aperture value to suit your shooting purposes. I

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Using

the

Zoom

1. Press the zoom lever

toward

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The zoom can be adjusted from 35 mm

-140

mm (focal length)

35mm film equivalent terms.

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Wide Angle: Zooms

out from the subject.

[tJ Telephoto: Zooms

on the subject.

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Using

the

Flash

1. Press

the

button

cycle

through

flash settings.

Each time you press the

buttonIthe

flash settings will change.

With the red-eye reduction function on:

flm-+Dm-+~

With the red-eye reduction function off:

fI-+D-+~

Flash settings cannot

used

some shooting modes.

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Auto

with

red-eye The flash fires automatically and fires the red-

reduction

eye reduction lamp each time.

Auto

The flash fires automatically.

Flash

with

red- The red-eye reduction lamp and flash always

eye

reduction

fire.

0Flash

The flash always fires.

Flash

off

The flash will not fire.

Red-eye reduction: This feature reduces the effect

light reflecting back from

the eyes and making them appear red. You can set this feature

and off

the Rec. menu.

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