Canon 970 IS User Manual

ENGLISH

Camera User Guide

Getting Started

Ensure that you read the Safety Precautions (pp. 205 – 213).

p. 9

Confirming 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

(32 MB)

Wrist Strap

WS-DC2

User Guides

• Getting Started Guide

• “Use of Genuine Canon Accessories Recommended” Leaflet

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

(With Terminal Cover)

Interface Cable

IFC-400PCU

Canon Digital

Camera Solution Disk

• Canon Digital Camera

Battery Charger

CB-2LX/CB-2LXE

AV Cable AVC-DC400

European

Warranty System (EWS) Booklet

Manuals Disk

Let’s Get Started!

This guide is divided into the following two sections.

First...

Let’s Get Started!

Getting Started

This section explains how to prepare the camera for use and the basics of shooting, viewing and printing images. Start out by familiarizing yourself with the camera and mastering the basics.

Next...

Learning More

Once you have mastered the basics, use the camera’s many features to shoot more challenging photos. Details on using each function are described in this section, including how to connect the camera to a television to view images, and how to make My Camera settings.

The PDF Manuals are included in the supplied CD-ROM.

Adobe Reader is required to view the PDF Manuals. http://www.adobe.com

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Table of Contents

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

Please Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Shooting Still Images

Viewing Still Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Erasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Embedding the Date in the Image Data . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Shooting Movies

Viewing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Downloading Images to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

System Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Learning More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Components Guide 40

Using the Control Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using the Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

How to Use the Mode Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Basic Operations 48

Menus and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Information Displayed on the LCD Monitor and Menus . . . 50

Using the LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Commonly Used Shooting Functions 62

Using the Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using the Digital Zoom/ Digital Tele-Converter . . . . . . . . . 62

Magnified Close-Up Shooting (Digital Macro) . . . . . . . . . . 66

( Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

( Standard Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Using the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Shooting Close-Ups/Infinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Changing the Recording Pixels (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . 70

Changing the Compression (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Setting the Image Stabilizer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Adjusting the ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Advanced Shooting Functions 75

Shooting Modes for Specific Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Shooting in Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Continuous Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Setting the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Shooting Panoramic Images (Stitch Assist). . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Checking the Focus and Peoples’ Expressions. . . . . . . . . 90

Selecting an AF Frame Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Selecting a Subject to Focus On (Face Select and Track) 96 Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock) . 97

Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock) . . . . . . . . 100

Adjusting the Exposure Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Switching between Metering Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Setting the Shutter Speed (Long Shutter Mode) . . . . . . . 103

Adjusting the Tone (White Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Shooting in a My Colors Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Changing the Colors and Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Setting the Display Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Categorizing Images Automatically (Auto Category) . . . . 115

Registering Settings to the Button . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Playback/Erasing 118

Viewing Magnified Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Viewing Images in Sets of Nine (Index Playback) . . . 119

Checking the Focus and Peoples’ Expressions (Focus

Check Display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Jumping to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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Organizing Images by Category (My Category). . . . . . . . 124

Trimming a Portion of an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Viewing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Editing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Rotating Images in the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Playback with Transition Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Automated Playback (Slide Shows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Red-Eye Correction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Adding Effects with the My Colors Function . . . . . . . . . . 147

Resizing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Attaching Sound Memos to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Sound-Only Recording (Sound Recorder) . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Protecting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Erasing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Registering Functions to the Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Print Settings/Transfer Settings 165

Setting the DPOF Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Setting the DPOF Transfer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Configuring the Camera 174

Power Saving Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Setting the World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Formatting Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Resetting the File Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Creating an Image Destination (Folder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Setting the Auto Rotate Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Resetting Settings to Their Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Connecting to a TV 186

Shooting/Playback Using a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Customizing the Camera (My Camera Settings) 188

Changing My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Registering My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Troubleshooting 191

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List of Messages 201

Appendix 205

Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Preventing Malfunctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Using the AC Adapter (Sold Separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Using an Externally Mounted Flash (Sold Separately) . . 215

Camera Care and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Index 228

Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode 232

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About this Guide

Symbol Conventions in this Guide

Using the Flash

Press the button.

Some functions may not be available in certain shooting modes. If there is no notation to that effect, the function may be used in all modes.

Available Shooting Modes p. 232

Mode dial position: Auto ( )/Manual ( )/ Special Scene ( )/ Movie( ) Playback ( ) button

: 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. Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. As a result, the illustrations and screenshots used in this guide may differ from the actual camera.

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

Please Read

Test Shots

Before you try to photograph 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 images 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 camera.

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

Please Read

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 (p. 186).

Language Setting

Please see Setting the Display Language (p. 15) to change the language setting.

Getting Started

zPreparations zShooting Still Images zViewing Still Images zErasing zPrinting zEmbedding the Date in the Image Data zShooting Movies zViewing Movies zDownloading Images to a Computer zSystem Map

Preparations

Charging the Battery

1. Insert the battery into the battery charger.

Align the S symbols.

Getting Started

Plug the battery charger (CB-2LX) into a power outlet, or attach the power cord to the battery charger (CB-2LXE) and plug it into a power outlet.

Battery charger model names and types vary by region.

Charge Indicator

Charging: Lights red

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 (a) and open it (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 and SDHC memory cards)

Getting Started

• Confirm that the write protect tab is unlocked (only SD and SDHC memory cards).

• Check the card for the correct orientation.

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).

Getting Started

To Remove the Battery

Press the battery lock in the direction of the arrow (a) and pull the battery out (b).

To Remove the Memory Card

Push the memory card with your finger or the toggle on the wrist strap until the memory card clicks and then release it.

Preparations

Attaching the Wrist Strap

Use the wrist strap to avoid dropping the camera during use.

Toggle

The toggle’s position on the strap can be changed. The toggle can be used to open the terminal cover and when inserting or removing a memory card.

Opening the Terminal Cover

Hook your fingernail or the wrist strap toggle under the left edge of the terminal cover and open it to the right.

Getting Started

Preparations

Setting the Date and Time

The Date/Time settings menu will appear the first time the power is turned on.

Getting Started

Buttons

ON/OFF Button

Button

1. Press the ON/OFF button.

2. Select the month, day, year and

time, and the display order.

1. Use the or button to select an option.

2. Use the or button to set the value.

3. Press the button.

To Change a Previously Set Date/Time

Use the following procedures to display the Date/Time settings menu, and then perform Steps 2 and 3 above.

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.

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.

Setting the Display Language

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

Button

Getting Started

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.

Shooting Still Images

( Mode)

Getting Started

Mode Dial

Press the ON/OFF button.

• The start-up sound will play and the start-up image will display in

the LCD monitor.

• Pressing the ON/OFF button again turns the power off.

2. Select a shooting mode.

1. Set the mode dial to (Auto).

3. Aim the camera at the subject.

Avoiding Camera Shake

Keep your arms tight against your body while holding the camera firmly by the sides. Using a tripod is also effective.

Wrist Strap

Indicators Shutter Button

ON/OFF Button

Button

Use the wrist strap to avoid dropping the camera during use.

4. Press the shutter button lightly (halfway) to focus.

• When the camera focuses, it beeps twice and the indicator lights

green (orange when the flash fires).

Shooting Still Images

5. Press the shutter button fully (all the way) to shoot.

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

• Recorded images are displayed on the LCD monitor for

approximately 2 seconds immediately after shooting (Rec. Review). You can shoot by pressing the shutter button even when an image is being displayed.

• If you hold the shutter button down after a shot, the image will

continue to display.

• The indicator will blink green and the file will record to the

memory card.

To Shoot Images in Focus

The camera automatically sets the focus when you press the shutter button halfway*.

* The shutter button has a two-stage action. Pressing it down to the first stage is

referred as “pressing halfway”.

Press halfway to set the focus

Shooting Preparations Complete: Lights green (orange when the flash will fire)

Correct

Beep, beep…

Press fully

Recording: Blinks green

AF Frame

An AF frame will display in green on the LCD monitor at the point of focus.

Incorrect

Just pressing fully

Getting Started

Mute Setting

Pressing the DISP. button while turning on the camera power will silence all camera sounds except for warning sounds. You can change the setting in [Mute] in the (Set up) menu (p. 57).

Viewing Still Images

Getting Started

Buttons

Control Dial

1. Press the button.

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, but they will appear coarse.

• You can also select images by using

the control dial. Turning it counterclockwise displays the previous image while turning it clockwise displays the next image.

Button

z Setting [Resume] to either [Last seen]* or [Last shot] in the

menu allows you to specify the image to display in playback mode. (* Default setting). If you select [Last seen], the last image viewed will display (Resume Playback).

z The following actions will display the most recent image

regardless of the [Resume] settings. Shooting an image, changing the memory card, or editing an image on the memory card using a computer.

Erasing

Button

Getting Started

Buttons

Press the button.

Control Dial

Button

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

press the button.

You can also select images by using the control dial.

3. Confirm that [Erase] is selected

and press the button.

To exit instead of erasing, select [Cancel].

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

Printing

Terminal Cover

Button

Getting Started

Buttons

A/V OUT and DIGITAL Terminal

Control Dial

Connect the camera to a direct print compatible printer.

• Slip your fingernail or the toggle on the wrist strap under the left 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.

• Since this camera uses a standard protocol (PictBridge), you can use it with other PictBridge-compliant printers in addition to Canon-brand printers. For detail, see the Direct Print User Guide.

2. Turn on the printer.

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

• The button will light blue.

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

press the button.

• The button will blink blue and printing will start.

• You can also select images by using the control dial.

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

Printing

Printing from a Print List

You can add images directly to a print list by merely pressing the

button immediately after shooting or playing back an image. You can then print the images from the print list easily, when connecting the camera to a printer.

Add to the Print List

1. Press the button (still images only).

2. Add to the print list.

1. Use the or button to select the number of print copies.

2. Use the or button to select [Add].

3. Press the button.

• To remove an image from the print

list, press the button again, use the or button to select [Remove] and press the FUNC./SET button.

Printing Images in a Print List

This explanation is based on the use of a Canon SELPHY ES series or SELPHY CP series printer.

1. Connect the camera to the printer.

2. Print the image.

1. Use the or button to select [Print now].

• You can use the or button

to confirm the images added to the print list.

2. Press the button.

• Printing will start.

• If printing is halted and resumed,

printing will start from the next image in the queue.

Number of copies to print

Getting Started

Embedding the Date in the Image Data

ON/OFF Button

Getting Started

Mode Dial

Button

Buttons

This section explains how to embed date information on images as they are recorded (Date Stamp).

• The date stamp cannot be deleted from the image data once it has been embedded. Ensure that the camera’s date/time is set correctly beforehand (p. 14).

• The image size is fixed to the 2M (1600 × 1200) setting and the compression to Fine (appropriate for printing L-size or postcard-size prints.)

Button

1. Press the ON/OFF button.

2. Set the mode dial to (Auto).

• You can also make this setting in (except , and ) and (except ) modes.

Embedding the Date in the Image Data

3. Select (Date Stamp).

1. Press the button.

2. Use the or button to select

3. Use the or button to

select .

• The area that will not print displays in gray.

• Press the DISP. button to switch to [Date & Time] with the or button.

You can use the following methods to imprint the date on images lacking imprinted date stamps.

• Set with the camera’s Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) function. Set [Date] option to [On] in [Print Settings] in the (Print) menu.

• Connect the camera to a printer and imprint the date. See the Direct Print User Guide.

• Insert a memory card into the printer and imprint the date. See your printer user guide.

• Use the supplied software. See the Software Starter Guide.

Getting Started

Shooting Movies

Indicators

Getting Started

1. Press the ON/OFF button.

2. Select a shooting mode.

1. Set the mode dial to (Movie).

2. Use the control dial to select (Standard).

3. Aim the camera at the subject.

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.

( Standard Mode)

Shutter Button

ON/OFF Button

Control Dial

Mode Dial

Microphone

4. Press the shutter button halfway

to focus.

• When the camera focuses, it beeps

twice and the indicator lights green.

• The exposure, focus and white

balance are automatically set.

Shooting Preparations Complete: Lights green

5. Press the shutter button fully to

shoot.

• Recording starts.

• During the recording, the elapsed

recording time and [zRec.] will display in the LCD monitor.

Elapsed Time

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.

Recording: Blinks green

Shooting Movies

Getting Started

Viewing Movies

Button

Getting Started

Buttons

Control Dial

Button

1. Press the button.

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

the button.

• Images with a icon are movies.

• You can also select images by using

the control dial.

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

Downloading Images to a Computer

We recommend to use the supplied software.

Items to Prepare

• Camera and computer

• Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk supplied with the camera

• Interface cable supplied with the camera

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 × 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 × 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 : 25 MB or more

in USB ports.

• Canon Utilities

- ImageBrowser : 300 MB or more

- PhotoStitch : 50 MB or more

Getting Started

Downloading Images to a Computer

Preparing to Download Images

With Windows 2000, ensure that you install the software first before connecting the camera to the computer.

1. Installing the software.

 Windows

Getting Started

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.

 Macintosh

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

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