Canon POWERSHOT A640 User manual

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Camera User Guide
Please Read This First
This guide explains how to prepare the camera and use its basic features.
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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
Preparations
•Installing the batteries and memory card
•Opening the LCD monitor
•Setting the date, time and language
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Shooting
Playback/Erasing
Menus and Settings
• Installing the software
• Downloading images to a
computer
• Using the software
DSystem Map
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Basic Camera User
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Advanced Camera User
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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.
lin this guide, explanations are given using illustrations for the PowerShot A640.1

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• Front View
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@AF-assist Beam (Advanced Guide
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@) Red-Eye Reduction Lamp (p. 16)
®Self-Timer Lamp
(p. 18)
@Viewfinder Window (Advanced Guide
p. 16)
oFlash (p. 15)
®Ring (Advanced Guide p. 121)
®Ring Release Button (Advanced Guide p. 121)
@Lens
®Microphone (Advanced Guide pp. 39, 87)
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• Back View
CD LCD Monitor (p. 7, Advanced Guide p. 12)
.@Viewfinder (Advanced Guide
p. 16)
@A/V OUT (Audio/Video output) Terminal (Advanced Guide p. 97)
@DIGITAL Terminal
(p. 28)
@Terminal Cover
®DC IN Terminal (Power input) (Advanced Guide p. 119)
(j) Memory Card Slot /Battery Cover (p. 5)
®Memory Card Slot /Battery Cover Lock (p. 5)
®Tripod Socket
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• Controls
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CD Indicators (p. 4)
@Power Lamp
@Power Button (p. 9)
@Zoom Lever (p. 14, Advanced Guide p. 78)
Shooting:1ll!I (Wide Angle)/[tJ (Telephoto)
Playback:~ (Index)/Q (Magnify)
®Shutter Button (p. 10)
®Shooting Mode Dial (pp. 9, 11)
(j)Mode Switch (pp. 9, 20)
® ddJ¢Vf (Print/Share) Button (p. 23)
®MENU Button (p. 22, Advanced Guide p. 19)
@FUNC.lSET (Function/Set) Button (p. 21, Advanced Guide p. 18)
®DISP. (Display) Button (Advanced Guide p. 12)
@lit (Exposure)/ ~ (Single Image Erase) Button (p. 20, Advanced
Guide
p. 57)
@ ~ (Flash)/!ti (Jump)/. Button (p. 15, Advanced Guide p. 80)
@ .. Button
@ ~(Macro)/MF (Manual Focus)/. Button (p. 17, Advanced Guide p. 51)
@. Button
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Indicators
The camera indicators will light or blink under the following conditions.
•Upper Indicator
Green:
Blinking Green:
Orange:
Blinking Orange:
•Lower Indicator
Yellow:
Blinking Yellow:
Ready to shoot
Image recording/reading/erasing/transferring
(when connected to acomputer)
Ready to shoot (flash on)
Ready to shoot (camera shake warning),
charging flash
Macro mode/Manual focus mode/AF lock mode
Focusing difficulty (camera beeps once)
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1.Installing the batteries.
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1·. Slide the memory card slot/battery cover lock in the
direction of th,e arrow (CD) and open the cover (@).
2. Insert the 4 supplied AA-size alkaline batteries, or
separately sold AA-size NiMH batteries.
Negative end (-)ji ....
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~See the Advanced Guide: Battery Handling (p. 112).
2. Inserting the memory card.
1. Insert the memory card until it clicks into place.
2. Hold down the memory card slot/battery cover (CD), then
slide it in the direction of the arrow until it clicks into place
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~See the Advanced Guide: Handling the Memory Card (p. 114).
~See the Advanced Guide: Formatting Memory Cards (p. 26) .
• 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.
* SO stands for Secure Digital, acopyright protection system.
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First Time Settings
• Opening the LCD Monitor
The LCD monitor can be used to check an image during shooting, to
play back recorded images or to adjust menu settings. It can be
opened to the following range of positions.
1. Opened right to left 180
degrees.
2. Tilted forward 180 degrees
toward the lens or backward
90 degrees.
When tilted forward 180 degrees
toward the lens, the image shown
on
the LCD monitor is automatically
flipped and reversed so that it
appears correctly from
in front of the lens.
This reverse display function can be turned off.
~See the Advanced Guide: Rec. Menu (p. 20).
3. Close the LCD monitor with
the LCD monitor facing out.
When the LCD monitor clicks into
place against the camera body, the
image will return to its original,
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nonreversed orientation.
~See the Advanced Guide: Using the LCD Monitor (p. 12).
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the monitor facing
in to protect it. The LCD monitor will
automatically turn off when it clicks shut against the
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• Setting the Date/Time
1. Press the power button (CD).
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. 22).
• A rechargeable lithium battery is built into the camera to
save such settings as the date/time. This battery charges
when the main batteries are
in the camera. When you
purchase the camera, place the main batteries in it for
approximately four hours or use AC Adapter Kit ACK600
(sold separately) to charge the lithium battery. It will
charge even ifthe camera
is turned off.
•The date/time settings may be lost after approximately
three weeks if you remove the main batteries. Reset the
date/time settings if this occurs.
• Setting the Display Language
1.Set the mode switch to IE (playback).
2. Hold down the FUNC.lSET button and press the MENU button.
3. Use the .. , .. , .. or ... button to select alanguage and
press the FUNC./SET button.
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The display language can also be set in the Set up menu (p. 22).
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1. Press the power button.
The start-up sound will play and the
start-up image will display
on 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.
~See the Advanced Guide: Power Saving Function (p. 17).
1:::1 See the Advanced Guide: Set up Menu (p. 22).
~See the Advanced Guide: My Camera Menu (p. 24).
2. Set the mode switch to CI
(shooting) (CD).
3. Set the shooting mode dial to
fD) (@).
4.Aim the camera at the subject.
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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.
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.
5. Focus and shoot.
~See Selecting a Shooting Mode (p. 11).
~See Indicators (p. 4).
~See the Advanced Guide: Selecting an AF Frame (p. 47).
~ See the Advanced Guide for the various shooting methods available .
• 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
of the 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 image, press the shutter button halfway.
~ See the Advanced Guide: Review (p. 21).
~ See Erasing (p. 20).
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Selecting a Shooting Mode
1. Set the shooting mode dial to the desired mode (CD).
In the SeN and .~ modes, use the • or .. button (®) to select a
shooting mode.
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CD Creative zone
Image zone
• Shooting Modes
~ Night scene
Allows you to capture human subjects against the
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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seN (Special Scene)
You can shoot with the most appropriate settings for the scene.
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~ See the Advanced Guide (p. 66).
cQ Stitch Assist
Allows you to shoot overlapping
images that can later be merged
(stitched) to create one panoramic
image on acomputer.
~See the Advanced Guide (p. 41).
-" Movie
Shoots amovie when you press the shutter button.
Apart from [G] Standard] mode, you can also select from
[~
Compact] which is convenient for email attachments, [II Color
Accent] which has only the color specified in the LCD monitor remain
and transforms all others to black and white, and [1'1 Color Swap]
which transforms acolor specified in the LCD monitor into another
color.
~ See the Advanced Guide (p. 37).
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You can freely select camera settings such as the exposure and
aperture value to suit your shooting purposes.
~ See the Advanced Guide (p. 43 - 46).
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•To shoot underwater, install the camera in Waterproof
Case WP-DC8 (sold separately).
•We recommend you use Waterproof Case WP-DC8 (sold
separately) for shooting at ski resorts or beaches.
Using the Zoom
1.Press the zoom lever toward [tJ or [Ill].
The zoom can be adjusted from 35 mm -140 mm (focal length) in
35mm film equivalent terms.
[tJ Telephoto: Zooms in on the subject.
_~====~:.:::--~ Ill!! Wide Angle: Zooms out from the subject.
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Using the Flash
1. Press the ~ button to cycle through flash settings.
Each time you press the ~ button, the flash settings will change.
With the red-eye reduction function on:
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With the red-eye reduction function off:
EI-+O-+~
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Auto with red-eye The flash fires automatically and the red-eye
reduction
reduction lamp lights each time.
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Auto
The flash fires automatically.
om Flash
on with red- The red-eye reduction lamp lights and the
eye reduction
flash always fires.
DFlash
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 (p. 16).
Uor Umcannot be set in G!IID mode.
~See the Advanced Guide: Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 143).
~See Selecting a Shooting Mode (p. 11).
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The time required for flash recharging will change depending
on usage conditions and remaining battery power.
• Setting the Red-Eye Reduction Function
You can set whether the camera automatically performs red-eye
reduction when the flash fires.
1. CI (Ree.) Menu
*Default setting.
[Red-Eye] ~ [On]*/[Off].
See Menus and Settings (p. 22).
• Setting the Slow Synchro Function
The flash timing is adjusted to slow shutter speeds. This reduces the
chance that only the background will appear dark when aperson
is
shot against atwilight background or night scene, or when an interior
shot
is taken.
1. CI (Ree.) Menu [Slow Synehro] [On]/[Off]*.
See Menus and Settings (p. 22).
*Default setting.
Slow synchro shooting and configuration is
available in the c:Q, Pand Av modes.
When [Slow Synchro]
is set to [On], camera shake may
become afactor. Use of atripod
is recommended.
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Shooting Close-ups (Macro)
1. Press the ~ button.
To cancel the macro mode, press the ~ button to turn off the ~
or IMfI display.
~ Macro
Use this mode to shoot close-ups
of flowers or small items.
Image Area at Minimum Shooting Distance from End
of
Lens to SUbject:
•Maximum wide angle setting: 22 x
16 mm (0.87 x0.63 in.)
Minimum shooting distance: 1cm (0.39 in.)
•Maximum telephoto setting: 76 x57 mm (3.0 x2.2 in.)
Minimum shooting distance: 25 cm (9.8 in.)
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This setting cannot be set in some shooting modes.
~See the Advanced Guide: Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 143).
~See Selecting a Shooting Mode (p. 11).
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Using the Self-Timer
1. FUNC. Menu ~ 1iJ* (Drive Mode) ~ 11/~/~.
See Menus and Settings (p. 21).
*Default setting.
•When the shutter button is pressed fully, the
self-timer lamp will blink. When using red-
eye reduction, the self-timer lamp will blink
and then stay lit for the last 2seconds.
To cancel the self-timer, press the FUNC./SET button and use the
•or •button to select
[i].
10 sec. delay: The shutter releases 10 sec. after the shutter button
ttl is pressed.
• 2 sec. before the shutter releases, the self-timer sound beeps
quickly and the lamp will speed
Up*1.
2sec. delay: The shutter releases 2sec. after the shutter button is
I] pressed.
•The self-timer sound beeps quickly*1 when the shutter button is
pressed and the shutter will release 2sec. later.
Custom Timer: You can change the delay time
(0-10*2,15,20,30
sec.) and number of shots (1-10*3).
~ •When adelay time of over 2seconds is set for the [Delay] option,
the self-timer sound beeps quickly 2seconds*1 before the shutter
releases. If multiple shots have been specified for the [Shots]
option, the sound will play for the first shot only.
*1 May differ depending on My Camera settings.
*2 Default setting.
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*3 Default setting is 3shots.
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