Shooting in hybrid auto mode – Canon PowerShot S120 User Manual

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Before Use

Common Camera
Operations

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics

Auto Mode /
Hybrid Auto Mode

Other Shooting
Modes

Tv, Av, M, and
C Mode

Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

Basic Guide

P Mode

Finish shooting.

z

z

Press the movie button again to stop
shooting. The camera beeps twice as
recording stops.

z

z

Recording will stop automatically when
the memory card becomes full.

•

The flash firing during shots indicates that the camera has automatically
attempted to ensure optimal colors in the main subject and background (Multi-
area White Balance).

Still Images

Movies

Shooting in Hybrid Auto Mode

You can make a short movie of the day just by shooting still images. The
camera records 2 – 4-second clips of scenes before each shot, which are
later combined in a digest movie.

1

Enter [ ] mode.

z

z

Follow step 2 in “Shooting (Smart Auto)”
(

=

30

) and choose [

].

2

Compose the shot.

z

z

Follow steps 3 – 4 in “Shooting (Smart
Auto)” (

=

30

) to compose the shot and

focus.

z

z

For more impressive digest movies,
aim the camera at subjects about four
seconds before shooting still images.

3

Shoot.

z

z

Follow step 4 in “Shooting (Smart Auto)”
(

=

30

) to shoot a still image.

z

z

The camera records both a still image
and movie clip. The clip, which ends with
the still image and a shutter sound, forms
a single chapter in the digest movie.

•

Battery life is shorter in this mode than in [

] mode, because

digest movies are recorded for each shot.

•

A digest movie may not be recorded if you shoot a still image
immediately after turning the camera on, choosing [

] mode, or

operating the camera in other ways.

•

Sounds and vibration caused by camera operation will be recorded
in digest movies.

•

Digest movie quality is [

] and cannot be changed.

•

Some camera sounds will be muted. Sounds are not played when you press
the shutter button halfway or trigger the self-timer (

=

157

).

•

Digest movies are saved as separate movie files in the following cases even if
they were recorded on the same day in [

] mode.

-

The digest movie file size reaches approximately 4 GB, or the total recording
time reaches approximately 13 minutes and 20 seconds.

-

The digest movie is protected (

=

116

).

-

Daylight saving time (

=

15

) or time zone (

=

158

) settings are changed.

-

A new folder is created (

=

162

).

•

Recorded shutter sounds cannot be modified or erased.

•

If you prefer to record digest movies without still images, adjust the setting in
advance. Press the <

n> button, and on the [4] tab, set [Digest Type] to

[No Stills] (

=

25

).

•

Individual chapters can be edited (

=

129

).

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