Power-saving features (auto power down), Shutter button – Canon PowerShot G3 X User Manual

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Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

Auto Mode /

Hybrid Auto Mode

Other Shooting Modes

P Mode

Tv, Av, M, C1, and C2 Mode

Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics

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

Press the shutter button halfway. The

camera beeps twice, and frames are

displayed around image areas in focus.

2

Press all the way down. (From the

halfway position, press fully to shoot.)

z

The camera shoots, as a shutter sound

is played.

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.

Power-Saving Features (Auto Power Down)

As a way to conserve battery power, the camera automatically deactivates

the screen (Display Off) and then turns itself off after a specific period of

inactivity.

Power Saving in Shooting Mode

The screen is automatically deactivated after about one minute of

inactivity. In about two more minutes, the lens is retracted and the camera

turns itself off. To activate the screen and prepare for shooting when

the screen is off but the lens is still out, press the shutter button halfway

(= 27).

Power Saving in Playback Mode

The camera turns itself off automatically after about five minutes of

inactivity.

You can deactivate Auto Power Down and adjust the timing of
Display Off, if you prefer (= 162).

Power saving is not active while the camera is connected to other
devices via Wi-Fi (= 133), or when connected to a computer
(= 178).

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