Canon PowerShot SX170 IS User Manual

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Before Use

Common Camera
Operations

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics

Auto Mode

Other Shooting
Modes

P Mode

Playback Mode

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

Basic Guide

Tv, Av, and M
Mode

Shoot.

z

z

Press the shutter button all the way
down.

z

z

As the camera shoots, a shutter sound
is played, and in low-light conditions
when you have raised the flash, it fires
automatically.

z

z

Keep the camera still until the shutter
sound ends.

z

z

After displaying your shot, the camera will
revert to the shooting screen.

Shooting Movies

Start shooting.

z

z

Press the movie button. The camera
beeps once as recording begins, and
[

Rec] is displayed with the elapsed

time.

z

z

Black bars displayed on the top and
bottom edges of the screen indicate
image areas not recorded.

z

z

Frames displayed around any detected
faces indicate that they are in focus.

z

z

Once recording begins, take your finger
off the movie button.

Elapsed Time

Resize the subject and
recompose the shot as needed.

z

z

To resize the subject, repeat the
operations in step 3 (

=

28

).

However, note that the sound of camera
operations will be recorded, and movies
shot at zoom factors shown in blue will
look grainy.

z

z

When you recompose shots, the
focus, brightness, and colors will be
automatically adjusted.

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.

Still Images/Movies

If the camera is turned on while the <

l> button is held down,

the camera will no longer sound. To activate sounds again, press
the <

n> button and choose [Mute] on the [3] tab, and then

press the <

q><r> buttons to choose [Off].

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