Canon PowerShot A710 IS User manual

ENGLISH

The Components Guide

Preparation

Shooting

Playback/Erasing

Menus and Settings

Printing

Basic

Downloading Images

to a Computer

Camera User Guide

Please Read This First

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

The following guides are available. Refer to them as necessary

according to the flowchart below.

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

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

Flowchart and Reference Guides

For information on included items

and items sold separately

The Components Guide

Preparations

• Installing the batteries and memory card

• Setting the date, time and language

Shooting

Playback/Erasing

Menus and Settings

Handling precautions, references to

the various shooting and playback

functions

Printing

• Installing the software

• Downloading images to a

computer

• Using the software

System Map

Basic Camera User

Guide (This Guide)

• Read this first.

Advanced Camera

User Guide

Direct Print User Guide

Basic Camera User

Guide (This Guide)

Software Starter Guide

ZoomBrowser EX/

ImageBrowser

Software User Guide

• PDF manuals available

on the Canon website.

http://web.canon.jp/

Imaging/information-

e.html

The Components Guide

Front View

aMicrophone (Advanced Guide p. 79)

bAF-assist Beam (Advanced Guide p. 20)

cRed-Eye Reduction Lamp (p. 12)

dSelf-Timer Lamp (p. 16)

eSpeaker

fViewfinder Window (Advanced Guide p. 16)

gFlash (p. 12)

hTerminal Cover

iA/V OUT (Audio/Video output) Terminal (Advanced Guide p. 88)

jDIGITAL Terminal (p. 27)

kDC IN Terminal (Power input) (Advanced Guide p. 109)

lRing Release Button (Advanced Guide p. 112)

mRing (Advanced Guide p. 112)

nLens

The Components Guide

Back View

aLCD Monitor (Advanced Guide p. 12)

bViewfinder (Advanced Guide p. 16)

cWrist Strap Mount

dMemory Card Slot / Battery Cover Lock (p. 5)

eMemory Card Slot / Battery Cover (p. 5)

fTripod Socket

The LCD monitor is covered with a thin plastic film for

protection against scratches during shipment. Remove it

before using the camera.

Attaching the

Wrist Strap

The Components Guide

Controls

aIndicators (p. 4)

bPower Lamp

cPower Button (p. 8)

dZoom Lever (p. 12, Advanced Guide p. 70)

Shooting: (Wide Angle)/ (Telephoto)

Playback: (Index)/ (Magnify)

eShutter Button (p. 8)

fShooting Mode Dial (pp. 8, 9)

gMode Switch (pp. 8, 18)

h(Print/Share) Button (pp. 22, 30)

iFUNC./SET (Function/Set) Button (Advanced Guide p. 18)

jMENU Button (Advanced Guide p. 19)

kDISP. (Display) Button (Advanced Guide p. 12)

l(Exposure)/ (Single Image Erase) Button

(p. 19, Advanced Guide p. 51)

mButton

n(Flash)/ (Jump)/ Button (p. 12, Advanced Guide p. 72)

oButton

p(Macro)/ (Manual Focus)/ Button

(p. 15, Advanced Guide p. 47)

Indicators

The camera indicators will light or blink under the following conditions.

• Upper Indicator

• Lower Indicator

Never do the following while the indicator blinks green.

These actions may corrupt image data.

• Shake or jolt the camera

• Shut off the power, or open the memory card slot/battery

cover

Green: Ready to shoot

Blinking Green: Image recording/reading/erasing/transferring

(when connected to a computer)

Orange: Ready to shoot (flash on)

Blinking Orange:Ready to shoot (camera shake warning),

charging flash

Yellow: Macro mode/Manual focus mode/AF lock mode

Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty (camera beeps once)

Preparations

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.

Inserting the Memory Card.

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

2. Close the memory card slot/battery cover.

Preparations

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Battery Handling (p. 103).

Ensure that the memory card is correctly oriented before

inserting it in the camera. It may damage the camera, or

the camera may not recognize the card, if it is inserted

incorrectly.

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Handling the Memory Card (p. 105).

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Formatting Memory Cards (p. 26).

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Positive end (+)

Front

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, SDHC memory cards and

MultiMediaCards with this camera.

These cards are collectively called memory cards in this guide.

Preparations

First Time Settings

Setting the Date/Time

1. Press the power button (

2. Use the or button to select an item and the 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. 21).

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 , , 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. 21).

The date/time setting screen will appear when the

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

capacity of the lithium date/time battery is depleted.

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Replacing the Date Battery (p. 116).

Press the 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.

Set the mode switch to (shooting)

(

Set the shooting mode dial to

(

)

Aim the camera at the subject.

Focus and shoot.

1. Press the shutter button halfway to

focus.

When the camera focuses, the camera

beeps twice and the indicator lights

green (orange when using the flash).

Also, the AF frame appears in green on

the LCD monitor at the point where the

camera is focused.

Shooting

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Using the LCD Monitor (p. 12).

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Power Saving Function (p. 17).

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Set up Menu (p. 22).

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: My Camera Menu (p. 24).

Power button

DISP. button

Indicators

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