Right button on back Down button on back Advanced Guide • Shooting modes and on-screen icons and text are indicated in brackets. Camera Basics 1 • : I
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Cover Image Viewing Options ................71 Table of Contents Preliminary Notes Protecting Images ........................72 and Legal Information Erasing Images ............................74 Contents: Basic Rotating Images ...........................75 Operations Package Contents .........................2 2 Smart Auto Mode .................33 Editing Still Images ......................77 Compatible Memory Cards ............2 Basic Guide Shooting (Smart Auto) .................34 Prelimi
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Cover Contents: Basic Operations Preliminary Notes z z While adjusting image settings (Live View Control) ............................. 47 and Legal Information z z Focus on faces ......................................................................... 34, 46, 59 Contents: Basic 4 Shoot Operations z z Without using the flash (Flash Of f) ....................................................... 41 z z Use camera-determined settings (Auto Mode) .................................... 34 z z I
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Cover • Do not allow liquids or foreign objects to enter the camera. Safety Precautions Preliminary Notes This could result in electrical shock or fire. and Legal Information If liquids or foreign objects come into contact with the camera interior, • Before using the product, please ensure that you read the safety precautions Contents: Basic immediately turn the camera off and remove the battery/batteries. described below. Always ensure that the product is used correctly. Operations
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Cover • In regular use, small amounts of smoke may be emitted from the Preliminary Notes Caution Denotes the possibility of injury. flash. and Legal Information • When holding the camera by the strap, be careful not to bang it, This is due to the high intensity of the flash burning dust and foreign Contents: Basic Operations subject it to strong impacts or shocks, or let it get caught on other materials stuck to the front of the unit. Please use a cotton swab to remove objects. d
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Cover • Do not sit down with the camera in your pocket. Preliminary Notes Doing so may cause malfunctions or damage the screen. and Legal Information Contents: Basic • When putting the camera in your bag, ensure that hard objects do Operations not come into contact with the screen. Basic Guide • Do not attach any hard objects to the camera. Doing so may cause malfunctions or damage the screen. Advanced Guide Camera Basics 1 Smart Auto 2 Mode Other Shooting 3 Modes P Mode 4 Playback Mode 5
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Cover Preliminary Notes Basic Guide and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide Camera Basics 1 Smart Auto Gives basic instructions, from initial preparations to 2 Mode shooting, playback, and saving on a computer Other Shooting 3 Modes P Mode 4 Playback Mode 5 Setting Menu 6 4 Accessories 7 Appendix 8 Initial Preparations ...................12 Index Trying the Camera Out .............18 Using the Software ...................21 System Map ..................
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Cover A2600 Initial Preparations Preliminary Notes Charging the Battery and Legal Information Prepare for shooting as follows. Contents: Basic Before use, charge the battery with the included charger. Be sure to charge Operations Attaching the Strap the battery initially, because the camera is not sold with the battery charged. Basic Guide z z Thread the end of the strap through the 1 Insert the battery. Advanced Guide strap hole ( ), and then pull the other z z After aligning the marks
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Cover A2600 Preliminary Notes Inserting the Battery and Legal Information • To protect the battery and keep it in optimal condition, do not charge Contents: Basic it continuously for more than 24 hours. Insert the included battery. Operations • For battery chargers that use a power cord, do not attach the charger or cord to other objects. Doing so could result in malfunction Basic Guide 1 Open the cover. or damage to the product. Advanced Guide z z Slide the cover ( ) and open it ( ). • F
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Cover 3 Close the cover. Preliminary Notes Removing the Battery and Legal Information z z Lower the cover ( ) and hold it down as Contents: Basic z z Open the cover and press the battery you slide it, until it clicks into the closed Operations lock in the direction of the arrow. position ( ). X X The battery will pop up. Basic Guide Advanced Guide Camera Basics Compatible Batteries 1 Use AA alkaline batteries or Canon AA NiMH batteries (sold separately, Smart Auto = 88). 2 Mode A1400 O
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Cover Inserting the Memory Card 4 Close the cover. Preliminary Notes and Legal Information z z Lower the cover ( ) and hold it down as Insert a memory card (sold separately). Contents: Basic you slide it, until it clicks into the closed Note that before using a new memory card (or a memory card formatted Operations position ( ). in another device), you should format the memory card with this camera Basic Guide (= 82 ). Advanced Guide • For guidelines on how many shots or hours of record
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Cover Setting the Date and Time 4 Finish the setup process. Preliminary Notes and Legal Information z z Press the button to complete the Set the current date and time correctly as follows if the [Date/Time] screen Contents: Basic setting. The setting screen is no longer is displayed when you turn the camera on. Information you specify this way Operations displayed. is recorded in image properties when you shoot, and it is used when you Basic Guide X X Once the date and time have bee
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Cover Display Language Preliminary Notes Changing the Date and Time and Legal Information Adjust the date and time as follows. Change the display language as needed. Contents: Basic Operations 1 Access the camera menu. 1 Enter Playback mode. Basic Guide z z Press the button. z z Press the <1> button. Advanced Guide Camera Basics 1 2 Access the setting screen. Smart Auto 2 Choose [Date/Time]. 2 Mode z z Press and hold the button, and z z Move the zoom lever to choose the [3] Other
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Cover Still Images Movies 3 Compose the shot. Preliminary Notes Trying the Camera Out and Legal Information z z To zoom in and enlarge the subject, move Contents: Basic the zoom lever toward (telephoto), Follow these instructions to turn the camera on, shoot still images or Operations and to zoom away from the subject, move movies, and then view them. Basic Guide it toward (wide angle). Shooting (Smart Auto) 4 Shoot. Advanced Guide Shooting Still Images For fully automatic selecti
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Cover Viewing Shooting Movies Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Start shooting. After shooting images or movies, you can view them on the screen as Contents: Basic z z Press the movie button. The camera follows. Operations beeps once as recording begins, and Basic Guide [ Rec] is displayed with the elapsed time. Elapsed Time 1 Enter Playback mode. X X Black bars displayed on the top and Advanced Guide z z Press the <1> button. bottom edges of the screen indicate X X Your last sho
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Cover 3 Play movies. Preliminary Notes Erasing the Images and Legal Information z z Press the button, press the You can choose and erase unneeded images one by one. Be careful when Contents: Basic buttons to choose [ ], and erasing images, because they cannot be recovered. Operations then press the button again. Basic Guide X X Playback now begins, and after the movie 1 Choose an image to erase. is finished, [ ] is displayed. z z Press the buttons to choose an Ad
