User manual CANON POWERSHOT A540

[. . . ] ENGLISH Before Using the Camera Shooting Playback/Erasing Print/Transfer Settings Photo of PowerShot A540 Viewing Images on a TV set Troubleshooting List of Messages Appendix Advanced Camera User Guide This guide explains camera features and procedures in detail. Main Features Shooting !Automatically adjusts shooting settings to match particular conditions !Avoid the effects of camera shake or blurry subjects when shooting by using a high ISO speed !Automatically detects camera orientation with an Intelligent Orientation sensor ! [. . . ] Please refer to the Software Starter Guide for information regarding folder structures or image types. 71 Playback/Erasing Please also see the Basic Camera User Guide (p. 11). Magnifying Images 1 Press the zoom lever toward will display and a magnified portion of the image will display. ! . Approximate Location of the Displayed Area 2 Use the , , or around the image. button to move !If you press the FUNC. /SET button while in magnified display, the camera switches to image advance mode and will display. You can use the or button to advance to the next or previous image at the same level of magnification. The image advance mode is cancelled when you press the FUNC. /SET button again. (You can also cancel it immediately by pressing the MENU button. ) Movie frames and index playback images cannot be magnified. 72 Viewing Images in Sets of Nine (Index Playback) 1 Press the zoom lever toward !Use the , , or button to change the image selection. . Selected Image Movie Switching between Sets of Nine Images Playback/Erasing The jump bar will display if you press the zoom lever toward while in index playback and you can switch the display between sets of nine images. Hold the FUNC. /SET button down and press the or button to jump to the first or last set. To Return to Single Image Playback Press the zoom lever toward . Jump Bar 73 Jumping to Images When you have many images recorded onto a memory card, it is handy to use the five search keys below to jump over images to find the object of your search. Jump 10 Images Jump 100 Images Shot Date Movie Folder Jumps over 10 images at a time. Jumps to the first image of each folder. 1 In single image playback mode, press the button. !The screen sample will vary slightly according to the search key. Location of image currently being displayed Number of images matching search key 2 Use the or button to select a search key and press the or button. To Return to Single Image Playback Press the MENU button. 74 Viewing Movies Movies cannot be played in the index playback mode. 1 Display a movie and press . !icon are Movie Control Panel Volume Level (Adjust it with the or button) 2 Select (Play) and press . Playback/Erasing !The movie will pause if you press the FUNC. /SET button during playback. Press the FUNC. /SET button to display the movie control panel. Operating the Movie Control Panel Ends playback and returns to single image playback Prints (An icon will display when a printer is connected. See the Direct Print User Guide for details. ) Play Slow Motion Playback (You can use the button to slow down or the button to speed up playback. ) Displays the first frame Previous Frame (Rewinds if the FUNC. /SET button is held down. ) Next Frame (Fast Forwards if the FUNC. /SET button is held down. ) Displays the last frame Edit (Switches to movie editing mode. ) (p. Use the television's controls to adjust the volume when playing a movie on a TV set (p. The sound cannot be played in slow motion playback. Editing Movies You can delete portions of recorded movies. Movies that are protected or less than 1 second long cannot be edited. 1 Select (Edit) in the movie control panel and press . !The movie editing panel and the movie editing bar will display. Movie Editing Panel Movie Editing Bar 2 Use the or button to select Beginning) or (Cut End) and the button to specify the cut point ( ). (Cut or !To check a temporarily edited movie, select (Play) and press the FUNC. /SET button. [. . . ] 37 Shooting Mode Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic 5 Creative Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic 7 Functions Available . . . . . . . . . . 135 Image Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic 5 Shutter Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Fully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic 4 Halfway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic 4 132 Shutter Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, Basic 8 133 Disclaimer · While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this guide is accurate and complete, no liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions. [. . . ]