Shutter button, Shooting modes, Halfway – Canon PowerShot SX510 HS User Manual

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Cover

Before Use
Common Camera

Operations

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics

Auto Mode
Other Shooting

Modes
P Mode

Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

Basic Guide

Tv, Av, and M

Mode

Shutter Button

To ensure your shots are in focus, always begin by holding the shutter

button halfway down, and once the subject is in focus, press the button all

the way down to shoot.

In this manual, shutter button operations are described as pressing the

button halfway or all the way down.

1

Press halfway. (Press lightly to

focus.)

z

z

Press the shutter button halfway. The

camera beeps twice, and AF frames are

displayed around image areas in focus.

2

Press all the way down. (From

the halfway position, press fully

to shoot.)

z

z

The camera shoots, as a shutter sound

is played.

z

z

Keep the camera still until the shutter

sound ends.

Images may be out of focus if you shoot without initially pressing the

shutter button halfway.

Length of shutter sound playback varies depending on the time

required for the shot. It may take longer in some shooting scenes,

and images will be blurry if you move the camera (or the subject

moves) before the shutter sound ends.

Shooting Modes

Use the mode dial to access each shooting mode.

P, Tv, Av, and M Modes

Take a variety of shots

using your preferred

settings (

=

53

,

68

).

Movie Mode

For shooting

movies (

=

51

).

You can also shoot

movies when the

mode dial is not

set to Movie mode,

simply by pressing

the movie button.

Auto Mode

Fully automatic shooting, with camera-

determined settings (

=

16

,

27

).

Scene Mode

Shoot with optimal settings

for specific scenes (

=

45

).

Creative Filters Mode

Add a variety of effects to images

when shooting (

=

46

).

Discreet Mode

Shoot without the flash or

camera sounds (

=

43

).

Movie Digest Mode

You can make a short movie of a day just

by shooting still images (

=

43

).

Live View Control Mode

Customize image brightness or colors

when shooting (

=

44

).

You can turn the mode dial to switch to Shooting mode from Playback mode.

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