Canon PowerShot A540 User manual

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Basic
Camera User Guide
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This guide explains how to prepare the camera and use its basic features.
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Flowchart and Reference Guides
The following guides are available. Refer to them as necessary
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and items sold separately........ System Map
Preparations
•Installing the batteries and memory card
•Setting the date, time and language
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Shooting
Playback/Erasing
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Basic Camera User
Guide (This Guide)
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Handling precautions, references to
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• Installing the software
• Downloading images to a
computer
• Using the software
Zoom Browser EX!
ImageBrowser
Software User Guide
•PDF manuals available
on the Canon website.
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Imaging/infarmatian-
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In this guide, the Basic Camera User Guide is called the Basic Guide,
and the Advanced Camera User Guide is called the Advanced Guide.
In this guide, explanations are given using illustrations for PowerShotA540.

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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 2supplied AA-size alkaline batteries, or
separately sold AA-size NiMH batteries.
mSee the Advanced Guide: Battery Handling (p.102)
2. Inserting the Memory Card.
1. Insert the memory card until it clicks into place.
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2. Close the memory card slot/battery cover.
m See the Advanced Guide: Handling the Memory Card (p. 104)
m See the Advanced Guide: Formatting Memory Cards (p. 30)
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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 and MultiMediaCards with this camera.
These cards are collectively called memory cards in this guide.
* SO stands for Secure Digital, acopyright protection system.
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First Time Settings
• Setting the Date/Time
1. Press the power button «1).
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. 13).
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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.
• 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 alanguage and
press the FUNC./SET button.
The display language can also be set in the Set up menu (p. 13).
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1. Press the power button. 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.
2. Set the mode switch to CI (shooting) (CD).
3.Set the shooting mode dial to fD)
(Auto)(@).
4. Aim the camera at the subject.
5. Focus and shoot. Indicators
1. Press the shutter button halfway to
focus.
When the camera focuses, the camera
beeps twice and the indicator lights green.
2. Press the shutter button fully to 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.
See Basic Shooting Functions (p. 5).
m See the Advanced Guide: Indicators (p. 20)
a;:i1~~:'dvanced Guide for the various shooting methods
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Reviewing an Image Right After Shooting
After ashot is taken, the image appears in the LCD monitor for
approximately 2seconds.
You can continue to display images regardless ofthe review duration
setting with the following procedures.
•Keeping the shutter button pressed after ashot.
•Pressing the FUNC./SET
or DISP. button while the image is
displayed in the LCD monitor.
To stop displaying the press the shutter button halfway.
Basic Shooting Functions
• Selecting a Shooting Mode
1. Set the shooting mode dial to the desired mode «(1)).
In the SeN and -" modes, use the. or .. button (@) to select
ashooting mode.
e[Av] and [Tv] modes only apply
to PowerShot A540.
• Shooting Modes
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m See the Advanced Guide (p. 60)
seN (Special Scene)
You can shoot with the most appropriate settings for the scene.
~ Night scene
Allows you to capture human subjects againstthe backdrop of
an evening sky or night scene. The flash is directed at the
person and the shutter speed
is slow, so both the person and
the background can be beautifully shot.
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d;II Stitch Assist
Allows you to shoot overlapping images that can later be
merged (stitched) to create one panoramic image on a
computer.
•" Shoots amovie when you press the shutter button.
Apart from [
Gl Standard] mode, you can also select from [ Ii Fast Frame Rate]
(PowerShot A540 only) which is suitable for shooting sports or fast motion,
[
~ Compact] which is convenient for email attachments, [IiColor Accent]
whICh has only the color specified in the LCD monitor remain and transforms all
others to black and white, and [IIColor Swap] which transforms acolor
specified
in the LCD monitor into another color.
You can freely select camera settings such as the exposure and
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Using the Zoom
1. Press the zoom lever toward lillI or [tJ.
The zoom can be adjusted from 35 mm -140 mm (focal length)
in 35mm film equivalent terms.
lillI Wide Angle: Zooms
out from the subject.
[tJ Telephoto: Zooms in
on the subject.
• Using the Flash
1. Press the ~ button to cycle through flash settings.
Each time you press the ~ buttonIthe
flash settings will change.
With the red-eye reduction function on:
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With the red-eye reduction function off:
fI-+D-+~
Flash settings cannot be used in some shooting modes.
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Auto with red-eye The flash fires automatically and fires the red-
reduction eye reduction lamp each time.
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Auto The flash fires automatically.
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Flash on with red- The red-eye reduction lamp and flash always
eye reduction fire.
0Flash
on The flash always fires.
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Flash off
The flash will not fire.
Red-eye reduction: This feature reduces the effect
of light reflecting back from
the eyes and making them appear red. You can set this feature
on and off in
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the Rec. menu.
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