Canon PowerShot A2500 - Manual (Page 45)

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Cover
Preliminary Notes and
Legal Information
Contents:
Basic Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Smart Auto
Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
Playback Mode
4 Join the subjects in the
shooting area and look at the
camera.
X X After the camera detects a new face, the
lamp blinking and self-timer sound will
speed up. (When the flash fires, the lamp
will remain lit.) About two seconds later,
the camera will shoot.
z z To cancel shooting after you have
triggered the self-timer, press the
< n> button.
• Even if your face is not detected after you join the others in the shooting area,
the camera will shoot about 15 seconds later.
• To change the number of shots, press the < p> button, press the <q><r>
buttons to choose the number of shots, and then press the < m> button. [Blink
Detection] ( = 37) is only available for the final shot.
Special Modes for Other Purposes
Still Images
Using the Face Self-Timer
The camera will shoot about two seconds after detecting that the face of
another person (such as the photographer) has entered the shooting area
( = 53). This is useful when including yourself in group photos or similar
shots.
1 Choose [ ].
z z Follow steps 1 – 2 in “Specific Scenes”
( = 40) and choose [ ].
2 Compose the shot and press
the shutter button halfway.
z z Make sure a green frame is displayed
around the face you focus on and white
frames around other faces.
3 Press the shutter button all the
way down.
X X The camera now enters shooting standby
mode, and [Look straight at camera to
start count down] is displayed.
X X The lamp blinks and the self-timer sound
is played.