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Take some initial test shots and play them back to make sure the images were recorded correctly. Please note that Canon Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its distributors are not liable for any consequential damages arising from any malfunction cards, that results recorded

The images recorded with this camera are intended for personal use. Do not record images that infringe upon copyright laws without the prior permission the copying 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.

This camera's warranty is only effective problem with the camera while abroad, please return it to the country sale before proceeding with a warranty claim to a Canon Customer Support Help Desk.

The LCD monitor is produced with extremely high-precision manufacturing techniques. More than occasionally non-performing pixels may appear as bright or dark dots. This is not a malfunction and has no effect on the recorded image.

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Checking the Package Contents ........................................................................... 2

Read This First ...................................................................................................... 3

Conventions Used

Safety Precautions ................................................................................................. 5

Attaching the

Charging the Battery .............................................................................................. 9

Compatible Memory Inserting

Setting the Date and Time ................................................................................... 14

Setting the

Formatting Memory Cards ................................................................................... 18

Pressing the Shutter Taking Pictures Viewing Erasing

Shooting Movies .................................................................................................. 25

Viewing Movies .................................................................................................... 27

Transferring

Images ................................................................................................... 23

Images

Strap/Holding

the Battery and Memory Card ............................................................. .. 12

Display Language .............................................................................. 17

Images to a Computer for Viewing .................................................. 28

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This Guide ........................................................................... 4

the Camera ............................................................... 8

Cards (Sold Separately)

Button ................................................................................. 19

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11

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camera. Keep your arms tight against your body while holding

the camera

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while

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purchase.

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be

settings.

taken

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16GB

Approx.

depending on camera settings, the

vary

5042

13

Setting

the Date and Time

You can check the number

taken when the camera is

(p. 20).

The Date/Time settings screen

on.

Since the dates and times recorded into your images are based on these

will appear the first time the camera

of

shots that can

in

a Shooting mode

settings, be sure to set them.

Turn on the camera.

''i~

Press the power button.

be

is

turned

The Date/Time screen

Set

the date and time.

Press the

Press the to set a Once all

~

buttons to choose

.&.

.,..

buttons or turn the • dial

value.

settings are complete, press the

@button.

will

appear.

an

option.

14

Setting the Date and Time

Set the home time zone.

turn the • dial to

buttons

Press the choose your home time zone.

~ ~

or

Complete

you have not set the date and time and the home

the correct date and time.

Set time zone, the Date/Time screen will

Step 2

you

in

will

~et

you choose

If

to choose

;+~,

If

14

p.

on

the time to

the setting.

button to complete the

Press the setting. After a confirmation screen appears, the shooting screen

reappear.

Pressing the power button

camera.

appear each time you turn

and press the

daylight saving

@

..A.....,.

buttons or turn the

(1

will

the camera.

on

hour ahead).

turn off the

• dial

Time

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You can change the current date and time settings.

.

tile

.

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Press the

MENU

button.

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the Date and Time

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to choose [Date/Time], then press

button.

•-...

buttons

or

turn the • dial

Change the date and time.

Follow settings.

Press

Step

the

MENU

2

on

p.

14

to adjust the

button to close the menu.

fT

tab.

the@

The camera has a built-in date/time settings to be retained for about 3 weeks been removed.

By inserting a charged battery or connecting an see Camera even if the camera

If

the date/time battery

turn the camera on.

User

Guide) the

is

Follow the steps on

date/time battery (backup battery) that

AC

date/time battery can be charged

not turned on.

is

depleted,

the Date/Time screen will appear when you

p.

14

to set the date and time.

after

adapter kit

the battery pack has

allows

(sold separately,

in

about 4 hours

the

16

You can change the

language that displays

the screen.

on

Enter

Press the

Display

Press and immediately

Set

Press the dial to choose a language, @button. Once the settings screen

Playback

IE

the settings screen.

hold

the

display language.

.&.

display language

the

press the

,.

mode.

button.

the@

buttons or turn the

~ ~

will close.

button, then

MENU

button.

then press the

has been set,

e

clock will

The and the remove the

MENU

appear if too much time passes between pressing the button

button

clock

If

Step

in

and repeat Step

2.

the

2.

clock

appears, press

the@

button to

17

Before you use a new memory card or one that has been formatted devices, you Formatting (initializing)

should

format the card with this camera.

a memory card erases

all

data on the memory card.

in

other

As you cannot retrieve the erased data, exercise adequate caution before formatting the memory card.

Before formatting

an

Eye-Fi card (see

Camera

User Guide),

the software contained on the card to a computer.

Display

Press the

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the menu.

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Choose [Format].

Move the zoom Press the

to choose [Format], then press

button.

•,...

be sure to install

button.

lever

to choose

thefT

buttons or turn the

the@

tab.

• dial

18

Choose [OK].

Press the

choose

~

[OK],

buttons or turn the

then press

the@

Format the memory card.

Press the to choose [OK], to start formatting. When formatting ends, [Memory card formatting

screen. Press the

..A.,...

buttons or turn the

then press

complete]

@

the@

appears on the

button.

• dial

button.

• dial button

to

Pressing the

.)

Shutter Button

To take images that are

lightly (halfway)

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to focus, then press

in

focus, be sure to first press the shutter button

fully to shoot.

Press

Press and AF frames appear where the camera focused.

Press fully

The camera

takes the shot.

Since the shot shutter sound

the camera.

halfway

lightly

until the camera beeps twice

(Press

plays

is

plays,

(Press

the shutter sound and

being taken

lightly

fully to shoot).

be careful not to move

to

while

focus).

the

Since take, the length

If image may be blurry.

the time required to shoot differs depending on the scene you want to

of

the shutter sound may change.

the camera or subject moves while the shutter sound is playing, the recorded

19

Since the camera can determine the subject and shooting conditions, you can

automatically select

it

let When the will be

automatically

flash

fires, the white

the best settings for the scene and just shoot.

the main subject and background

balance

of

adjusted to obtain the best color (Multi-area White

Balance).

the camera.

on

Press the power button. The start-up screen

will

appear.

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When you point the camera toward the subject, the camera

will make a

slight

noise as it determines the scene. The icon for the determined scene, and the

the screen

appear

mode icon

IS (see

Camera User Guide).

The camera

will

focus

subjects and display frames

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on

detected

on

them.

Compose the shot.

Moving the zoom (telephoto) will

lever towaro

zoom

in

on your subject,

making it appear larger. Moving the lever

CtJ

Focus Range (approx.)

Zoom Bar

20

toward

Iilli

(wide

angle) will

zoom out from

your subject, making it appear (The zoom bar showing

the zoom position

appears on the screen.)

smaller.

Taking Pictures

(Smart

Auto)

You can turn the Zoom, see Camera User

0

ring to zoom (Step

Guide).

Focus.

Press the shutter button

When the camera focuses, it will beep twice and AF frames camera focused. Several AF frames camera focuses on more than 1 point. The

flash will automatically

will

halfway

will appear where the

appear when the

rise

in

to focus.

low light

conditions.

AF Frame

Shoot.

Press the shutter button The camera shoot. The flash will automatically

low light conditions if it is raised. The image

approximately 2 seconds. You can take a second picture even

an image is

shutter button again.

What if the color and brightness of the images do not turn out expected?

The scene icon (see Camera User Guide) that appears on the screen may not

match the actual scene, and you may not obtain the expected results. happens, try shooting

in

P

mode (see Camera

will play

will

appear on the screen for

displayed by pressing the

User

Guide).

fully to shoot.

the shutter sound and

fire

in

while

as

If

this

21

Taking Pictures (Smart Auto)

camera

point

gray

white

What

a

A white frame appears

main subject, while gray frames appear on other detected faces. The frames follow If white frame.

What

The subject may not be detected, and frames may appear on the background. If this happens, try shooting

What

A blue frame appears when a moving subject is detected; the focus and exposure

What

Attach the camera to a tripod so that the camera does not move and image.

What

You may have been pressing will

[Mute]

What

The subject is too far away for the flash to reach. The effective

approximately

approximately 50

What

halfway?

Your subject may be too close.

(I!Hl),

Move about

telephoto

What

To reduce red-eye and to assist

in

What

The

What

screen?

This appears if your finger

something else

if

subject?

the subjects within a certain range.

the subject moves, however, the gray frames

a

if

a

if

a

if

the

if

turn off all

the

in

the

if

the

if

move about 3

the

if

low light

the

if

flash is charging. You can shoot when recharging ends.

"Wrong

if

and

frame

blue

will continuously

flashing

([tJ).

conditions.

does

frame appears when

camera

sounds. To turn the sounds on, press the

tab, then press the

tT

image

em-

50

em-

camera beeps

em

30

lamp

~

lights

icon

flash

hinders the movement

frames appear

the face or subject that the camera detected as the

on

appear on

not

mode (see Camera User Guide).

P

in

adjust (Servo

appears?

B

play

does

comes

em

(12 in.) or more away when the camera is at maximum

blinks

not

the"'~~~~"

dark

out

(1.6-

m

7.0

2.3 m

(1.2 in.) or more away from your subject and shoot.

position. Restart the camera."

(1.6-

once

when the

when

is

when the

When the camera is at maximum wide

shutter

focusing, the lamp

in

you

pressing on the flash when it tries to pop-up or if

when

the

you

AF).

sounds?

any

button while

buttons to choose

~

even

23ft.)

7.5 ft.) at maximum

try

the flash.

of

you

will disappear,

subject

press

the

if

at maximum wide

shutter

button

shoot?

to

you

the

turning on the camera, which

flash

button

is

the

want

shutter

MENU

[Off].

fired

telephoto

pressed

light

may

appears

leaving only the

shoot?

to

button

when

flash

angle

is pressed

halfway?

when shooting

toward

halfway?

the

blur

choose

to

shooting?

range

(I!H]),

([tJ).

on the

and

angle

will

is

22

Viewing

Images

The icon for the determined scene, screen. For details

Guide)

After pressing

on

display a Press

You can view the images you have taken

and

"IS

the subject

blue

the

shutter button fully

on

the icons that appear, see

Mode

the you

frame where focus

Icons"

..&.

button

want

to

(see

and

focus

to

and

the

Camera

displaying , point the

on.

Press the shutter button halfway

and

shoot.

User

exposure

Enter Playback mode.

Press

The last image you took

the

IS

mode

"Scene Icons"

Guide).

will

be

on

the screen.

[E

button.

icon

will

camera

maintained

appear

(see

Camera User

so

(Servo

will

appear.

on

that

the

-Q-

AF).

is to

Choose an image.

Pressing the

counter-clockwise will cycle

images Pressing clockwise will

from The

keep appear coarse.

The

minute elapses. If raised, Pressing the lens is retracted

from

oldest

images

the

lens will

the

~

button or turning

newest to oldest.

the~

~

button or turning

cycle through the images

to newest.

change more quickly

~

buttons pressed, but they

retract after approximately 1

the flash has been

flash

will

lower.

[E

button again while the will turn the camera off.

thee

through the

thee

if

dial

you

will

23

Erasing

Images

Pressing the shutter button to Shooting mode.

erase images one at a time.

can

You cannot

choose

recovered. Exercise adequate caution before erasing

be

and

halfway while

Enter Playback mode.

Press the The last image you took

Choose an image to erase.

··,

Press the

display

Playback

in

IE

~

an

mode switches the camera

Please

button.

~

image to erase.

note that erased images

will

turn the

buttons

or

image.

an

appear.

e

dial

to

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Erase the image.

button.

Press the

When [Erase?] appears on the screen,

press the choose [Erase], then press

displayed

The To exit instead

buttons [Cancel], then press

i

~ ~

turn the

or

buttons or turn the

the@

image

of

will be erased.

erasing, press the

dial to choose

e

the@

button.

e

to

dial

button.

~

The camera will best settings for the scene. The audio

determine the subject and shooting conditions, and

will record

in

stereo.

select

the

Remaining Time

Elapsed

Time

Set the camera to

f;\lill)

mode and

compose the shot.

Follow Steps

shot. You can check the remaining shooting time on the screen.

1-3

on

p.

20

to compose the

Shoot.

Press the movie button. Black

the screen. These areas cannot recorded. The camera start, and [ appear on the

bars appear at the top and bottom

will

beep once, recording

•

Rec] and the

screen.

elapsed

be

time

of

will

Microphones

Once the movie button. If you change the composition during shooting, the focus, brightness and tone

Do not touch the microphones shooting. Do not press any buttons other movie button the buttons make movie.

shooting begins, take your finger off

of

your shot

will automatically

while

will

adjust.

while

,

than

shooting. The sound

be recorded

in

Stop shooting.

Press the movie button again. The camera will shooting the movie. Shooting

will automatically stop when the

beep twice and stop

the

memory card fills.

25

Shooting Movies

Moving the zoom lever while shooting will zoom

be recorded.

However, operation sounds

Also, you cannot use the

will

ring to zoom.

0

on or out from the subject.

in

Shooting Time

Shooting times are based on default settings.

··· Maximum clip length

···· Recording may stop even if the maximum

memory cards.

SO

is approx. 29 min. 59 sec.

higher memory cards are recommended.

or

Speed Class

6

clip length has not been reached on some

26

You can view the movies you have shot

on

the screen.

Enter

Press

The

@II~

Playback mode.

the

[E

button.

last image

appears

you

took will appear.

on

movies.

Choose a movie.

Press choose a movie, then press The movie control panel will

the

~

buttons or turn

thee

the@

appear.

dial to

button.

Play the movie.

Press choose The movie

Press the

volume.

If or resume After the movie finishes,

Install the included software (p. 29).

When watching a movie on a computer, frames may drop, it may not play smoothly, and the audio may stop suddenly depending capabilities. Use the supplied software to copy the movie back onto the memory card, then TV, you can view images on the larger screen.

play

back the movie with the camera. If

the~~

..,.

.a. •

you press

buttons or turn

, then press the

thee

@

button.

will play.

buttons to adjust the

the@

button, you

can

playback.

@II~

on

the computer's

you connect the camera to a

appears.

dial

pause

to

27

can use the included software to transfer images you have shot with the

You

you are already using software

camera to a computer for viewing. with another Canon-brand compact digital camera, install the

included

CD-ROM, overwriting your current

If

the software from

installation.

included

System

I

Windows

Requirements

Windows 7 (Including Service Pack 1) Windows Vista SP2 Windows XP

The above

ports.

USB Pentium 1.3 GHz

higher (movies) Windows 7 (64 bit): 2 GB or more

Windows 7 (32 bit), Windows Vista (64 bit, 32 bit) Windows XP: 1 GB

USB

SP3

OS should

higher

or

.....

,

..

,

...

..

....

or

pre-installed

be

. .

.....

more

on computers with built-in

images), Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or

(still

images),

2GB

or more (movies)

Windows XP, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0

*For

Installation

may take some time depending on your computer's capabilities.

Macintosh

(v1

X

OS

Mac

or

x 768

OS should

more

pixels

The above USB ports.

Processor

Intel (movies)

1 GB or more

USB

MB

730

1,024

0.5

(still

or later

0.6)

v1

pre-installed

be

(max.

500MB)

on computers with

must be

images), Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or higher

images),

higher

or

2GB

or more (movies)

----····-··

.....

-

.....

..

···

installed.

built-in

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so.itwa·;:;

Transferring Images

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-

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·········

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to

a

Computer

·-·-

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..

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for

Viewing

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windows

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Vista and Mac OS X

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DIGITAL

SOiutiOft·DiSk·······

CAMERA

··

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--

(v1

0.5) are used for these

Place the CD-ROM

explanations.

in

the

computer's CD-ROM drive.

Place the

CAMERA computer's When the Macintosh, a CD-ROM the desktop. Double-click the

CD-ROM, then double click

it appears.

Install

For Windows,

for Macintosh click [Install],

supplied CD-ROM (DIGITAL

Solution

CD-ROM

Disk)

drive.

is

placed

icon

(p.

2) into the

will

the icon to open

the software.

click

[Easy

Installation],

then

in a

appear on

<

~

o

when

and

follow

the

on-screen instructions to proceed

installation. If

the [User Account appears in Windows, instructions to proceed.

Control]

follow

window

the on-screen

Complete the installation.

For Windows, click

then remove the desktop screen appears.

For Macintosh,

that appears when the complete, then remove the your desktop screen appears.

[Restart]

CD-ROM

click

[Finish]

or

when your

in

installation

CD-ROM

with the

[Finish],

the screen

is

when

29

Transferring

Images

Computer

a

to

Viewing

for

ransferring

-

(·T

and

viewing

Connect computer.

Turn off the camera. Open interface into the camera shown.

Insert the interface the computer's the computer's

guide provided with the computer.

Turn

on

Images

the

camera

the cover and insert the

cable's smaller plug

terminal

cable's larger plug USB USB port, refer to the user

the

camera

to

the direction

in

port. For

open

to

included

firmly

2)

(p.

details

into

on

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Window

CameraWindow.

the camera.

button to turn

Press the

[E)

For Windows, click [Downloads From Canon Camera using Canon

CameraWindow] when it appears

screen. CameraWindow a connection is established between the camera and computer.

For Macintosh, CameraWindow

appear when a connection is established

between the camera and computer.

Transfer

Click [Import Images then

Images.

click [Import

from Camera], and

Untransferred

on

Images

on

will appear when

will

Images].

the

30

Images will

transfer to the computer.

be sorted by date and saved

separate folders

the Pictures

in

folder.

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