Canon PowerShot A620 User User manual

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Preparations

•Installing the batteries

and

memory card

•Opening the LCD monitor

•Setting the date, time and language

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Menus

and

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Handling

precautions,

references

the

various

shooting

and

playback

functions

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User

Guide

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called the Basic Guide,

and the Advanced Camera User Guide

called the Advanced Guide.

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Preparations

1. Installing the batteries.

Slide the battery cover lock

the direction

the arrow and

open the cover.

Insert the supplied 4AA-size alkaline batteries, or

separately sold AA-size NiMH batteries.

Positive end (+)

Negative end

(-)~L

Close the battery cover.

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Battery

Handling

(p.

105)

2. Inserting the Memory Card.

1. Slide the memory card slot cover

the direction of the

arrow and open it.

Insert the memory card until it clicks into place.

Close the memory card slot cover.

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Handling

the

Memory

Card

(p.

107)

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Formatting

Memory

Cards

(p.

21)

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Remove

the

Memory

Card

Use afinger to push the memory card

until you hear aclick, 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

•

Opening

the

LCD

Monitor

The LCD monitor can be used to check an image during shooting, to

play back recorded images

to adjust menu settings. It can be

opened to the following range

positions.

1. Opened

right

left

180 degrees.

Tilted forward 180 degrees toward

the lens

backward 90 degrees.

When tilted forward 180 degrees

toward the lens, the image shown on

the LCD monitor is automatically

flipped and reversed so that it appears

correctly from

front

the lens.

*This reverse display function can be turned off.

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Rec.

(p.

24)

Close the LCD

monitor

with

the

LCD

monitor

facing out.

When the LCD monitor clicks into

place against the camera body, the

image will return to its original, non-

reversed orientation.

mSee

the

Advanced

Guide:

Using

the

LCD

Monitor

(p.

15)

When not using the camera, close the LCD monitor with

the monitor facing in to protect it. The LCD monitor will

automatically turn

off

when it clicks shut against the

camera body.

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•

Setting

the

Date/Time

1. Press

the

power

button

(CD).

Use

the

•

button

select

an item and the

button

change

its

value

(®).

Confirm

that

the

correct

time

is displayed and press the

FUNC./SET button (@).

The date and time can also be set

the Set up menu (p. 13).

• A rechargeable lithium battery

built into the camera

to save such settings as the date/time. This battery

charges when the main batteries are

the camera.

When you purchase the camera, place the main

batteries

it for approximately four hours or use AC

Adapter Kit ACK600 (sold separately) to charge the

lithium battery. It will charge even if the camera

turned off.

•The date/time settings may

lost after approximately

three weeks if you remove the main batteries. Reset

the date/time settings if this occurs.

•

Setting

the

Display

Language

1. Set

the

mode

switch

(playback).

Hold

down

the FUNC./SET

button

and press the MENU

button.

Use

the

,+, •

button

select alanguage and

press the FUNC.lSET button.

The display language can also

set

the Set up menu (p. 13).

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Power button

Press the 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.

•To switch to the setting that mutes all

sounds (except for the warning sound), press and hold the

MENU button while pressing the power button.

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Power

Saving

Function

(p.

20)

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Set

(p.

25)

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Camera

(p.

27)

2.Set the mode switch to

(shooting).

3. Set the shooting mode dial to

fD)

(Auto).

4.Aim the camera at the subject.

5. Focus and shoot.

1. Press the shutter button halfway to

focus.

When the camera focuses, the camera

beeps twice and the indicator lights green.

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

Basic

Shooting

Functions

(p.

6).

See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Indicators

(p.

20)

See

the

Advanced

Guide

for

the

various

shooting

methods

available.

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Reviewing

Image

Right

After

Shooting

After

shot

is taken, the image appears in the LCD monitor

for

approximately 2seconds.

You can continue to display images regardless

the review duration

setting with

the

following procedures.

•Keeping

the

shutter

button pressed after ashot.

•Pressing

the

FUNC.lSET

button while the image is displayed in the

LCD

monitor.

stop displaying the image, press the shutter button halfway.

~See

the

Advanced

Guide:

Review

(p.

24)

Basic

Shooting

Functions

•

Selecting

Shooting

Mode

1. Set

the

shooting

mode

dial

the desired

mode

(CD).

the SeN and

modes,use

the.

button

(®)

select

ashooting mode.

Creative zone

Image zone

•

Shooting

Modes

Night

scene

Allows you to capture human subjects against the backdrop

of'

evening sky or night scene. The flash

directed at the

person and the shutter speed

slow, so both the person and

the background can

beautifully shot.

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seN

(Special Scene)

By simply selecting one

the following shooting modes, you can shoot with the

most appropriate settings for the scene.

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Shoots amovie when you press the shutter button.

You can select from four modes: [Standard], [Fast Frame Rate] suitable for

sports or fast motion, [Compact] convenient for email attachments and [My

Colors] which allows you to change color effects.

See

the

Advanced

Guide

(p.

37)

You can freely select camera settings such as the exposure and

aperture value to suit your shooting purposes.

See

the

Advanced

Guide

(p.

44,

69)

•To shoot underwater, install the camera

Waterproof

Case WP-DC90 (sold separately).

•We recommend you use Waterproof Case WP-DC90

(sold separately) for shooting at ski resorts or beaches.

•

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.

IIHl

Wide Angle: Zooms

out from the subject.

[.J Telephoto: Zooms

on the subject.

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