Canon 960 IS User Manual

ENGLISH

Camera User Guide

Getting Started

Learning More

Components Guide

Basic Operations

Commonly Used Shooting Functions

Various Shooting Methods

Playback/Erasing

Print Settings/Transfer Settings

Connecting to a TV

Customizing the Camera

Troubleshooting

List of Messages

Appendix

Ensure that you read the Safety Precaution s (pp. 201–209).

Workflow and Reference Guides

The following guides are available. Refer to them as necessary according to the flowchart below.

: Contents of This Guide

Check the package contents

Getting Started (p. 7)

Explains how to complete tasks ranging from charging batteries and installing memory cards to setting the date and time, shooting, playing and erasing images, and performing simple printing tasks.

Learning More (p. 37)

Names camera components and provides more detailed instructions for shooting and playback. Lists information for more advanced use of your camera.

Connect the camera to other devices

• Connecting to a printer

• Connecting to a TV set

• Connecting to a computer

Getting Started Guide

Direct Print User Guide

Softwa re Starter Guide

Checking the Package Contents

The following items are included in the package. If something is missing, please contact the retail outlet at which you purchased the product.

Camera Battery Pack NB-5L

Memory Card (32MB) Interface Cable IFC-400PCU

AV Cable AVC-DC300 Wrist Strap WS-700

User Guides

• Getting Started Guide

• “Use of Genuine Canon Accessories Recommended” Leaflet

• Canon Digital Camera Manuals Disk

(with Terminal Cover)

Battery Charger CB-2LX/ CB-2LXE

Canon Digital Camera

hfg

Solution Disk

European Warranty

System Booklet

You may not be able to achieve the full performance of this camera with the included memory card.

You can use SD memory cards, SDHC (SD High Capacity) memory cards, MultiMediaCards, MMCplus cards and HC MMCplus cards in this camera. These cards are collectively referred to as memory cards in this guide.

Table of Contents

Items marked with a are lists or charts that summarize camera functions or procedures.

Please Read 6

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Shooting Still Images ( Auto Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Viewing Still Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Shooting Movies ( Standard Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Viewing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Erasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Downloading Images to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

System Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Learning More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Components Guide 38

Using the Touch Control Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

How to Use the Mode Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Power Saving Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Basic Operations 47

Menus and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Menus and Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Using the LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Information Displayed on the LCD Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Resetting Settings to Their Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Formatting Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Commonly Used Shooting Functions 66

Shooting with the Optical Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Using the Digital Zoom/Digital Tele-C onverter . . . . . . . . . . 67

Magnified Close-Up Shooting (Digital Macro) . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Using the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Shooting Close-Ups/Infinity Shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Changing the Recording Pixels/Compression (Still Images) 75

Configuring the Postcard Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Embedding the Date in the Image Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Setting the Image Stabilizer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Various Shooting Methods 81

Shooting in Modes for Special Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Shooting in Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Continuous Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Setting the Red-Eye Reduction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Setting the Slow Synchro Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Shooting Panoramic Images (Stitch Assist). . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Checking the Focus and Peoples’ Expressions

(Focus Check) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Switching between Focusing Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock). 100

Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock) . . . . . . . . . 103

Adjusting the ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Reducing the Effects of Camera Shake (Auto ISO Shift)

Adjusting the Exposure Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Switching between Metering Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Setting the Shutter Speed (Long Shutter Mode) . . . . . . . . 109

Adjusting the Tone (White Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Shooting in a My Colors Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Changing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Categorizing Images Automatically (Auto Category) . . . . . 121

Registering Settings to the Print/Share Button . . . . . 122

Setting the Display Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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Setting the Auto Rotate Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Creating an Image Destination (Folder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Resetting the File Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Playback/Erasing 130

Magnifying Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Viewing Images in Sets of Nine (Index Playback) . . . . 131

Checking the Focus and Peoples’ Expressions

(Focus Check display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Jumping to Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Organizing Images by Category (My Category). . . . . . . . . 136

Viewing Movies (Operating the Movie Control Panel) . . . . 140

Editing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Rotating Images in the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Playback with Transition Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Automated Playback (Slide Shows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Red-Eye Correction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Adding Effects with the My Colors Function . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Resizing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Attaching Sound Memos to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Sound-Only Recording (Sound Recorder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Protecting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Erasing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Registering Functions to the Playback Button . . . . . . . . . . 172

Print Settings/Transfer Settings 174

Setting the DPOF Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Setting the DPOF Transfer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Connecting to a TV 183

Shooting/Playback Using a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Customizing the Camera (My Camera Settings) 184

Changing My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Registering My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Troubleshooting 187

List of Messages 197

Table of Contents

Appendix 201

Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Preventing Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Battery Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Handling the Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Using an AC Adapter Kit (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Using an Externally Mounted Flash (Sold Separately) . . . 211

Camera Care and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Index 224

Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode 228

Symbol Conventions in this Guide

mode dial position

Available shooting modes

These modes are not available

These modes are available

This mark denotes issues that may affect the camera’s operation.

This mark denotes additional topics that complement the basic operating procedures.

Explanations in this guide are based on the camera's default settings at time of purchase.

Please Read

Test Sho ts

Before you try to photog raph important subjects, we highly recommend that you shoot several trial images to confirm that the camera is operating and being operated correctly.

Please note that Canon Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its distributors are not liable for any consequential damages arising from any malfunction of a camera or accessory, including memory cards, that results in the failure of an image to be recorded or to be recorded in a way that is machine readable.

Warning Against Copyright Infringement

Please note that Canon digital cameras are intended for personal use and should never be used in a manner that infringes upon or contravenes international or domestic copyright laws and regulations. Please be advised that in certain cases the copying of image s from performances, exhibitions, or commercial properties by means of a camera or other device may contravene copyright or other legal rights even if the image was shot for personal use.

Warranty Limitations

For information on your camera's warranty, please refer to the Canon European Warranty System (EWS) Booklet supplied with your came ra.

For Canon Customer Support contacts, please see the European Warranty System (EWS) Booklet.

Camera Body Temperature

If your camera is used for prolonged periods, the camera body may become warm. Please be aware of this and take care when operating the camera for an extended period.

About the LCD Monitor

The LCD monitor is produced with extremely high-precision manufacturing techniques. More than 99.99% of the pixels operate to specification. Less than

0.01% of the pixels may occasionally misfire or appear as red or black dots. This has no effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a malfunction.

Video Format

Please set the camera's video signal format to the one used in your region before using it with a TV monitor.

Language Setting

Please see Setting the Display Language (p. 13) to change the language setting.

Getting Started

z Preparations z Shooting Still Images z Viewing Still Images z Shooting Movies z Viewing Movies z Erasing z Printing z Downloading Images to a Computer z System Map

Preparations

Charging the Battery

1. Insert the battery into the battery charger.

Align these symbols

Getting Started

2. Plug the battery charger (CB-2LX) into a power outlet,

or attach the power cord to the battery charger (CB2LXE) and plug it into a power outlet.

Battery charger model names and types vary by region.

Charge Indicator

On Charging: lights orange

For CB-2LX For CB-2LXE

3. Remove the battery after charging is complete.

Charging takes approximately 2 hours 5 minutes.

Charge Indicator

Charging Complete: lights green

To protect the battery and prolong its life, do not charge it for longer than 24 hours continuously.

Preparations

Installing the Battery and Memory Card

1. Slide the cover and open it out (a, b).

2. Insert the battery.

It will lock into place with a click.

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

Front

Write Protect Tab (Only SD memory cards)

• Confirm that the Write Protect Tab is unlocked (only SD memory cards).

• Check the card for the correct orientation.

Getting Started

Ensure that the memory card is correctly oriented before inserting it in the camera. Inserting it backward may cause the camera to fail to recognize the memory card or to malfunction.

Preparations

4. Close the cover (c, d).

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 To Remove the Battery

Press the battery lock in the direction of the arrow (

) and pull the battery out (b).

 To Remove the Memory Card

Use a finger to push the memory card in until you hear a click, then release it.

Attaching the Wrist Strap

It is recommended to use the Wrist Strap to avoid dropping during camera use.

Preparations

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Preparations

Setting the Date and Time

The Date/Time settings menu will appear the first time the power is turned on. Set the date and time as shown in step 3 and 4 in the explanation below.

Power Button

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/ / / Buttons

1. Press the power button.

2. Select [Date/Time].

1. Press the button.

2. Use the or button to select the [ (Set up)] menu.

3. Use the or button to select [Date/Time].

4. Press the button.

Button

3. Select the year, month, day and time, and the display

order.

1. Use the or button to select a category.

2. Use the or button to set the value.

4. Press the button.

5. Press the button.

Preparations

z A rechargeable lithium battery is built into the camera to

save such settings as the date/time. Insert a charged battery into the camera. Or if you use the separately sold AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC30, the battery will charge in about four hours. It will charge even if the camera is turned off.

z The date/time settings may be lost after approximately three

weeks if you remove the main battery. Reset the date/time settings if this occurs.

z You can imprint the date and time you have set onto images

(p. 78).

Setting the Display Language

You can change the language displayed in the LCD monitor menus and messages.

Button

/ / / Buttons

Button

1. Press the button.

2. Hold down the button and press the button.

3. Use the , , or button to select a language.

4. Press the button.

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Shooting Still Images

Indicators

( Auto Mode)

Power Button

Getting Started

Mode Dial

1. 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.

2. Set the mode dial to (Auto).

3. Aim the camera at the subject.

Shutter Button

Button

Shooting Still Images

4. Press the shutter button lightly (press halfway) to set

the focus.

• When the camera focuses, it beeps twice and the indicator lights green (orange when the flash fires).

Shooting Preparations Complete: lights green

• AF frames will display in green on the LCD monitor at the points of focus.

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5. Without changing anything else,

press the shutter button all the

AF frame

way (press fully) to shoot.

• The shutter sound will play once and the image will record.

• The indicator will blink green and the file will record to the memory card.

Recording: blinks green

Mute Setting

Pressing the DISP. button while switching on the camera power will set the mute setting to [On] to silence all camera sounds except for warning sounds. Setting can be changed from the [ Menu [Mute] (p. 51).

(Set up)]

Shooting Still Images

Reviewing an Image Right After Shooting (Rec. Review)

Recorded images are displayed on the LCD monitor for approximately 2 seconds immediately after shooting.

Getting Started

You can also use the following methods to continue displaying the image immediately after shooting so that you can check it.

z Keep the shutter button pressed fully.

z Press the button while the recorded image is

displayed.

Make sure the operation sound plays. You can shoot by pressing the shutter button even when an image is being displayed. To stop displaying the image, press the shutter button halfway.

Shutter Button

Button

You can change the interval for which images are displayed by configuring the [Review] item in the [ (Rec.)] menu.

Viewing Still Images

Button

/ Buttons

1. Press the button.

The last recorded image will display.

2. Use the or button to display the image you wish to

view.

• Use the button to move to the previous image and the button to move to the next image.

• The images advance more quickly if you keep the button pressed continuously, but they will appear coarse.

Getting Started

If you have replayed images, the last image viewed will display (Resume Playback). If the memory card has been switched, or the images on the memory card have been edited with a computer, the newest image on the memory card appears.

Shooting Movies

Getting Started

Mode Dial

/ Buttons

1. Press the power button.

2. Select a shooting mode.

1. Set the mode dial to (Movie).

2. Press the button.

3. Use the or button to select (Standard).

4. Press the button.

3. Aim the camera at the subject.

( Standard Mode)

Power Button

Shutter Button

Button

Shooting Movies

4. Press the shutter button lightly (press halfway) to set

the focus.

• An electronic beep will sound twice and the indicator will light green when the camera focuses.

• The exposure, focus and white balance are automatically set when you press the button halfway.

Shooting Preparations Complete: lights green

5. Without changing anything else, press the shutter

button all the way (press fully) to shoot.

• Recording starts.

• During the recording, the elapsed recording time and [z Rec.] will display in the LCD monitor.

6. Press the shutter button fully

again to stop recording.

• The indicator will blink green and the data will be recorded onto the memory card.

• Recording will stop automatically when the maximum recording time elapses, or the built-in memory or memory card become full.

Elapsed time

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Recording: blinks green

z Do not touch the microphone while recording. z Do not press any buttons other than the shutter button. The

sound that buttons make will be recorded in the movie.

Viewing Movies

Getting Started

/ / / Buttons

1. Press the button.

2. Use the or button to display a movie and press the

button.

Images with a icon are movies.

3. Use the or button to select

(Playback) and press the button.

• The movie will start playing.

• If you press the FUNC./SET button during playback, you can pause and restart the movie.

• You can adjust the playback volume with the or button.

Button

Erasing

Button

/ Buttons

Button

1. Press the button.

2. Use the or button to select an image to erase and

press the button.

3. Confirm that [Erase] is selected and press the

button.

To exit instead of erasing, select [Cancel].

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Please note that erased images cannot be recovered. Exercise adequate caution before erasing an image.

Printing

Getting Started

/ Buttons

Connect the camera to a direct print compatible printer*1.

• Slip a fingernail under the bottom edge of the terminal cover to open it and insert the interface cable all the way into the connector.

• See the printer’s user guide for connection instructions.

Canon Brand Printers

DIGITAL Terminal

Button

SELPHY Series Compact

Photo Printers*

Inkjet Printers

*1 Since this camera uses a standard protocol (PictBridge), you can use it with other

PictBridge-compliant printers in addition to Canon-brand printers.

*2 You can also use the CP-10/CP-100/CP-200/CP-300.

Interface Cable

Printing

2. Turn on the printer.

3. Press the camera’s button and turn on the power.

• The button will light blue.

• A , or icon will appear in the LCD monitor if the connection is correct (the displayed icons differ according to the connected printer).

• will display on movies.

4. Use the or button to select an image to print and

press the button.

The button will blink blue and printing will start.

After you finish printing, turn off the camera and the printer and disconnect the interface cable.

Always grasp the sides of the connector when disconnecting the interface cable from the camera's DIGITAL terminal.

Getting Started

Downloading Images to a Computer

Items to Prepare

• Camera and computer

• C anon Digital Camera Solution Disk supplied with the camera

• Interface cable supplied with the camera

Getting Started

System Requirements

Please install the software on a computer meeting the following minimum requirements.

 Windows

OS Windows Vista

Computer Model The above OS should be pre-installed on computers with built-

CPU Windows Vista Pentium 1.3 GHz or higher

RAM Windows Vista 512 MB or more

Interface USB

Free Hard Disk Space

Display 1,024 x 768 pixels/High Color (16 bit) or better

 Macintosh

OS Mac OS X (v10.3–v10.4)

Computer Model The above OS should be pre-installed on computers with built-

CPU PowerPC G3/G4/G5 or Intel Processor

RAM 256 MB or more

Interface USB

Free Hard Disk Space

Display 1,024 x 768 pixels/32,000 Colors or better

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

in USB ports.

Windows XP/Windows 2000 Pentium 500 MHz or higher

Windows XP/Windows 2000 256 MB or more

• Canon Utilities

- ZoomBrowser EX 200 MB or more

- PhotoStitch 40 MB or more Canon Camera TWAIN Driver

•

in USB ports.

• Canon Utilities

- ImageBrowser 300 MB or more

- PhotoStitch 50 MB or more

25 MB or more

Downloading Images to a Computer

Preparing to Download Images

Ensure that you install the software first before connecting the camera to the computer.

1. Installing the software.

 Windows

1. Place the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk in the

computer's CD-ROM drive.

2. Click [Easy Installation].

Follow the onscreen messages to proceed with the installation.

3. Click [Restart] or [Finish] once the

installation is complete.

When the installation is finished, [Restart] or [Finish] will display. Click the button that appears.

4. Remove the CD-ROM from the

drive when your normal desktop screen appears.

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 Macintosh

Double-click the icon in the CDROM window. When the installer panel appears, click [Install]. Follow the onscreen instructions to proceed.

Downloading Images to a Computer

2. Connecting the camera to a computer.

1. Connect the supplied interface cable to the computer's USB port and to the camera's DIGITAL terminal.

• Slip a fingernail under the bottom edge of the terminal cover to

open it and insert the interface cable all the way into the connector.

Getting Started

USB Port

Interface Cable

DIGITAL Terminal

3. Preparing to download images to the computer.

1. Press the camera’s button and turn on the power.

Interface Cable

Button

Always grasp the sides of the connector when disconnecting the interface cable from the camera's DIGITAL terminal.

If the Digital Signature Not Found window appears, click [Yes]. The USB driver will automatically finish installing onto the computer when you attach the camera and open a connection.

Downloading Images to a Computer

 Windows

Select [Canon CameraWindow] and click [OK].

If this Events dialog not appear, click the [Start] menu and select [All Programs] or [Programs], followed by [Canon Utilities], [CameraWindow], [CameraWindow] and [CameraWindow].

CameraWindow will display.

Preparations for downloading images are now finished. Please proceed to the Downloading Images Using the Camera section

(p. 29) (except Windows 2000).

Getting Started

With Windows 2000, you can download images using the computer. Please refer to the Software Starter Guide for details.

Downloading Images to a Computer

 Macintosh

CameraWindow will appear when you establish a connection between the camera and computer. If it fails to appear, click the [CameraWindow] icon on the Dock (the bar which appears at the bottom of the desktop).

Getting Started

Preparations for downloading images are now finished. Please proceed to the Downloading Images Using the Camera section

(p. 29).

Please refer to the Software Starter Guide regarding how to download images using the computer.

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