Correcting greenish image areas from mercury lamps, Changing movie image quality, On] and scenes are automatically corrected – 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

•

You can also access the screen in step 2 when the flash is up by pressing the
<

r> button and then touching [

].

Still Images

Correcting Greenish Image Areas from

Mercury Lamps

In [

] mode, subjects or background in shots of evening scenes

illuminated by mercury lamps may appear to have a greenish tinge. This
greenish tinge can be corrected automatically when shooting, using Multi-
area White Balance.

z

z

Press the <

n> button, choose [Hg

Lamp Corr.] on the [

4] tab, and then

choose [On] (

=

25

).

z

z

Once the setting is complete, [

] is

displayed.

z

z

To restore the original setting, repeat this
process but choose [Off].

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After you are finished shooting under mercury lamps, you should set
[Hg Lamp Corr.] back to [Off]. Otherwise, green hues not caused by
mercury lamps may be corrected by mistake.

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Try taking some test shots first to make sure you obtain the desired results.

Movies

Changing Movie Image Quality

4 image quality settings are available. For guidelines on the maximum

movie length at each level of image quality that will fit on a memory card,
see “Recording Time per Memory Card” (

=

206

).

z

z

Press the <

m> button, choose [

]

in the menu, and choose the desired
option (

=

24

).

z

z

The option you configured is now
displayed.

z

z

To restore the original setting, repeat this
process but choose [

].

Image

Quality

Resolution

Frame Rate

Details

1920 x 1080*

60 fps

For shooting in Full HD
[

] enables movies with

smoother motion

1920 x 1080*

30 fps

1280 x 720

30 fps

For shooting in HD

640 x 480

30 fps

For shooting in standard
definition

*

Fine Detail Movie Processing (This function quickly processes a large amount of

information, making it possible to record even finer details in movies.)

•

In [

], [

], and [

] modes, black bars displayed on the top and

bottom edges of the screen indicate image areas not recorded.

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