Canon A57015 User Manual

ENGLISH

Basic

Camera User Guide

The Components Guide

Preparation

Shooting

Playback/Erasing

Menus and Settings

Printing

Downloading Images
to a Computer

CDI-E309-010 © 2007 CANON INC. PRINTED IN MALAYSIA

Please Read This First

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

Flowchart and Reference Guides

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

For information on included items

and items sold separately

The Components Guide

System Map

• In stalling the batteries and memory card

• Setting the date, time and language

Handling precautions, references to

the various shooting and playback

• Installing the software

• Downloading images to a
computer

• Using the software

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

Preparations

Shooting

Playback/Erasing

Menus and Settings

functions

Printing

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

In this guide, the Basic Camera User Guide is called the Basic Guide,
and the Advanced Camera User Guide is called the Advanced Guide.

The Components Guide

 Front View

a Microphone (Advanced Guide p. 71)
b AF-assist Beam (Advanced Guide p. 21)
c Red-Eye Reduction Lamp (Advanced Guide p. 28)
d Self-Timer Lamp (p. 14)
e Viewfinder Window (Advanced Guide p. 16)
f Flash (p. 12)
g Terminal Cover
h A/V OUT (Audio/Video output) Terminal (Advanced Guide p. 75)
i DIGITAL Terminal (p. 25)
j DC IN (Power input) Terminal (Advanced Guide p. 102)
k Ring (Advanced Guide p. 104)
l Lens
m Ring Release Button (Advanced Guide p. 104)

The Components Guide

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 Back View

a LCD Monitor (Advanced Guide p. 12)
b Viewfinder (Advanced Guide p. 16)
c Speaker
d Wrist Strap Mount
e Memory Card Slot / Battery Cover Lock (p. 5)
f Memory Card Slot / Battery Cover (p. 5)
g Tripod Socket

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

The LCD monitor may be covered with a thin plastic film
for protection against scratches during shipment. If so,
remove the film before using the camera.

Attaching the

Wrist Strap

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 Controls

a Indicators (p. 4)
b Power Lamp
c Power Button (p. 8)
d Zoom Lever (p. 12, Advanced Guide p. 63)

Shooting: (Wide Angle)/ (Telephoto)
Playback: (Index)/ (Magnify)

e Shutter Button (p. 8)
f Shooting Mode Dial (pp. 8, 9)
g Mode Switch (pp. 8, 16)
h (Print/Share) Button (pp. 20, 29, Advanced Guide p. 57)
i FUNC./SET (Function/Set) Button (Advanced Guide p. 18)
j MENU Button (Advanced Guide p. 19)
k DISP. (Display) Button (Advanced Guide p. 12)
l (Exposure)/ (Single Image Erase) Button

(p. 17, Advanced Guide p. 49)

m Button
n (Flash)/ (Jump)/ Button (p. 12, Advanced Guide p. 65)
o Button
p (Macro)/ (Manual Focus)/ Button

(p. 13, Advanced Guide p. 46)

The Components Guide

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Indicators

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

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

• Upper Indicator
Green: Ready to shoot (camera beeps twice)
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),

• Lower Indicator
Yellow: Macro mode/Manual focus mode/AF lock mode
Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty (camera beeps once)

charging flash

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Preparations

1.

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.

2.

Inserting the Memory Card.

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

Negative end (–)

Î See the Advanced Guide: Battery Handling (p. 96).

Front

Positive end (+)

Preparations

2. Close the memory card slot/battery cover.

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.

Î See the Advanced Guide: Handling the Memory Card (p. 98).

Î See the Advanced Guide: Formatting Memory Cards (p. 25).

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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, SDHC memory cards
and MultiMediaCards with this camera.
These cards are collectively called memory cards in
this guide.

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First Time Settings

b

c

a

b

c

 Setting the Date/Time

1. Press the power button (a).

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. 19).

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.

Î See the Advanced Guide: Replacing the Date Battery (p. 109).

).

).

 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. 19).

Preparations

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a

Shooting

a

b

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.

• 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.

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

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

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

2.

Set the mode switch to (shooting)

).

(

3.

Set the shooting mode dial to
(b)

.

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 (orange when using the flash).
Also, the AF frame appears in green on
the LCD monitor at the point where the
camera is focused.

Power button

DISP. button

Indicators

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2. Press the shutter button fully to

b

a

b

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.

Î See Indicators (p. 4).

Î See the Advanced Guide: Selecting an AF Frame (p. 43).

Î See the Advanced Guide: Setting the Image Stabilizer Function (p. 27).

Î See the Advanced Guide for the various shooting methods 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 FUNC./SET or DISP. button while the image is

displayed in the LCD monitor.

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

Î See the Advanced Guide: Review (p. 21).

Î See Erasing (p. 17).

Selecting a Shooting Mode

Shooting

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

In the , and modes, use the or button (
select a shooting mode.

Creative zone

Auto

Image zone

) to

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