Canon PowerShot A540 User manual

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Preparation

Shooting

Playback/Erasing

Menus and Settings

Printing

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

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Preparations

Installing_qebatteriesand memorycard

• Setting_qedate,timeand language

mBasic Camera User

Shooting _ _ Guide (This Guide)

Playback/Erasing • Read this first

Menus and Settings

_'Handling pracautions, references to _ _ [_

|the various shooting and playback _Advanced Camera

functions ,) User Guide

Printing

_o Installing the software

_o Downloading images to a

|computer

_o Using the software

Direct Print User Guide

Basic Camera User

Guide (This Guide)

Software Starter Guide

ZoomBrowser EX/

ImageBrowser

Sof_wara User Guide

• PDF manuals available

on the Canon website.

http://web.canon,jp/

Imaging/information-

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

and the Advanced Camera User Guide is called the Advanced Guide.

[ In,is guide, explana_ons are given using illustrations for PowerShot A540.]

'!. Installing the batteries,

1. Slide the memory card slot/battery cover lock in the

direction of the arrow and open the cover.

2. Insert the 2 supplied AA-size alkaline batteries, or

separately sold AA-size NiMH batteries.

- Negative end (-)

Positive end (+)-

[] SeetheAdvancedGuide:BatteryHandling(p.102)

2. Inserting the Memory Card,

1. Insert the memory card until it clicks into place.

_ Front

2. Close the memory card slot/battery cover.

[] SeetheAdvancedGuide:HandlingtheMemoryCard(p,104)

[]See theAdvsncedGuide:FormattingMemoryCards(p.30)

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• To 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.

* SDstandsfor Secure Digital, a copyright protection system,

First Time Settings

•Setting the Date/Time

m®

1. Press the power button (_).

2. Use the 4. or 4, button to select an item and the 4F or +

button to change its value (®).

3. Confirm that the correct time is displayed and press the

FUNC./SET button (®).

The date and time can also be set in the Set up menu (p. 13).

The date/time setting screen will appear when the

_] amera power is turned on for the first time, or when the

capacity of the lithium date/time battery is depleted.

EISeatheAdvancedGuide:RepacngthaDateBatIeryp.114)

•Setting the Display Language

1. Set the mode switch to _(playback).

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

button.

3. Use the ,IF, +, +or .> button to select a language and

press the FUNC./SET button.

The display language can also be set in the Set up menu (p. 13).

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t. Press the power button. Power button

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

image will display in 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.

[] SeetheAdvancedGuide:UsingtheLCDMonitor(p.15)

[]SeetheAdvancedGuide:PowerSavingFunction(p.21)

[]See theAdvancedGuide:SetupMenu(p.26)

[]See theAdvancedGuide:MyCameraMenu(p.28)

2. Set the mode switch to 0(shooting) (_). (_)

3. Set the shooting mode dial to EE)

(Auto)(_).

4. Aim the camera at the subject.

5. Focus and shoot. Indicators

1. Press the shutter button halfway to

focus.

When the camera focuses, the camera

beeps twice and the indicator lights green.

2. Press the shutter button fully to shoot.

The shutter sound will play and the image will

record. The indicator will blink green while the

image is recorded to the memory card.

[]See BasicShootingFunctions(p,5),

[]See theAdvancedGuide:thdicetors(p,20)

I ee theAdvancedGuidethrthevadousshootingmethods

available.

Reviewing an Image Right After Shooting

After a shot is taken, the image appears in the LCD monitor for

approximately 2 seconds.

You can continue to display images regardless of the review duration

setting with the following procedures.

• Keeping the shutter button pressed after a shot.

• Pressing the FUNG./SET or DISP. button while the image is

displayed in the LCD monitor.

To stop displaying the image, press the shutter button halfway.

EISee theAdvanced Guide: Review (p. 24)

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Basic Shooting Functions

•Selecting a Shooting Mode

1. Set the shooting mode dial to the desired mode (_).

In the SeN and Dll modes, use the ÷ or "l, button (_) to select

a shooting mode.

Creative zone

Auto

Image zone

•[Av]and[Tv]modesonlyappty

to PowerShotA540.

•Shooting Modes

_AUTO _ The camera automatically selects settings.

[] Portrait [] Landscape

Blurs the background Optimized for

and makes a person shooting landscape

stand out. scenes which contain

both near and far

................................................. subjects.

[] Night scene

Allows you to capture human subjects against the backdrop of

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

person and the shutter speed is slow. so both the person and

the background can be beautifully shot.

SCN (Special Scene)

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

[] Night Kids&Pets

Snapshot Allows you to

Allows you to take capture subjects

snapshots of that move around.

people against such as children

twilk3ht or night backgrounds by and pets. without missing photo

reducing the effects of camera shake opportunities.

even without using a tripod.

[] Indoor [] Foliage

Prevents camera Shoots trees and

shake and leaves - such as

maintains the new growth.

subject's true color autumn leaves or

when shooting under fluorescent or blossoms - in vivid colors.

tungsten lighting.

[] Snow _l/[] Beach

Shoots without a / / sheOts without

blee tinge and //making peopte

_l_ without making tappear dark near

peop e appear dark water or sand

against a snowy background. J I where reflected sun

mFireworks Underwater

Captures fireworks (PowsrShot A540 only)

in the sky sharply Appropriatefershooting

and at optimal imageswithWaterproof

exposure. CaseWP-DC2 (sold

_pa_),This mode

usesan optimalwhite

balancesetting to

reducebluish tonesand recordimageswith a

naturalhue, Thee_0osure is regulatedto use

theflashas littleas possible.

rm Color Accent [] Color Swap

Use this option to Use this option to

have only the color transform a color

specifiedin the LCD specified in the LCD

rnoniter remain and te monitor inthanother

transform all others to black and white.

EISea th_Advanced Guide(p. 60) EISea th_ Advanced Guide (p. 60)

Stitch Assist

Allows you to shoot overlapping images that can later be

merged (stitched) to create one panoramic image on a

computer.

[] See the Advanced Guide (p, 43)

Dsl_Shoots a movie 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 or fast motion,

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

which has only _e color specified in the LCD monitor remain and transforms all

others to black and wh_e, and [ [] Color Swap] which transforms a color

specified in the LCD monitor into another color.

[] Sea theAdvanced Guide (p, 39)

You can freely select camera settings such as the exposure and

iC;ative aperture value to suit your shooting purposes,

"[]Seath_AdvancedGuide(p,44-47)

• Using the Zoom

1. Press the zoom lever toward _or I-_3.

The zoom can be adjusted from 35 mm - 140 mm (focal length)

in 35mm film equivalent terms.

Wide Angle: Zooms

out from the subject.

Et)3Telephoto: Zooms in

on the subject.

•Using the Flash

1. Press the _button to cycle through flash settings.

Each time you press the _ button, the

flash settings will change.

With the red-eye reduction function on:

[]D nD- H

With the red-eye reduction function off:

Flash settings cannot be used in some shooting modes.

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

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r_ I_1 reduction eye reduction lamp each time,

[] Auto The flash fires automatically,

Flash on with red- The red-eye reduction lamp and flash always

[] [] eye reduction fire,

[] Flash on The flash always fires,

[] Flash off The flash will not fire,

Red-eye reduction: This feature reduces the effect of light reflecting back from

the eyes and making them appear red, You can set this feature on and off in

the Rec, menu,

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