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ENGLISH DIGITAL CAMERA CDI-E363-010 XXXXXXX © 2007 CANON INC. PRINTED IN JAPAN Camera User Guide Camera User Guide Getting Started Learning More Components Guide Basic Operations Commonly Used Shooting Functions Shooting Using the Mode Dial Various Shooting Methods Playback/Erasing Print Settings/Transfer Settings Connecting to a TV Troubleshooting List of Messages Appendix Ensure that you read the Safety Precautions (pp. 176 - 185).
ENGLISH DIGITAL CAMERA CDI-E363-010 XXXXXXX © 2007 CANON INC. PRINTED IN JAPAN Camera User Guide Camera User Guide Getting Started Learning More Components Guide Basic Operations Commonly Used Shooting Functions Shooting Using the Mode Dial Various Shooting Methods Playback/Erasing Print Settings/Transfer Settings Connecting to a TV Troubleshooting List of Messages Appendix Ensure that you read the Safety Precautions (pp. 176 - 185).
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... cards are included in the package. a Camera b AA Alkaline Batteries (×2) c Memory Card (16MB) d Interface Cable IFC-400PCU e AV Cable AVC-DC300 f Wrist Strap WS-200 g Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk h Warranty Card i User Guides • Camera User Guide • Direct Print User Guide... • Software Starter Guide • "Canon Customer Support" Leaflet You may not be able to as memory cards ...
... cards are included in the package. a Camera b AA Alkaline Batteries (×2) c Memory Card (16MB) d Interface Cable IFC-400PCU e AV Cable AVC-DC300 f Wrist Strap WS-200 g Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk h Warranty Card i User Guides • Camera User Guide • Direct Print User Guide... • Software Starter Guide • "Canon Customer Support" Leaflet You may not be able to as memory cards ...
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Table of Contents 3 Using the Digital Zoom/ Digital Tele-Converter 61 Using the Flash 65 Shooting Close-ups (Macro 66 Using the Self-Timer 67 Changing the Recording Pixels (Still Images 69 Changing ... Focus, Safety MF) . . . 103 Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock 107 Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock 109 Adjusting the ISO Speed 110 Reducing Camera Shake When Shooting (Auto ISO Shift) . 111 Adjusting the Exposure Compensation 114 Switching between Metering Modes 115
Table of Contents 3 Using the Digital Zoom/ Digital Tele-Converter 61 Using the Flash 65 Shooting Close-ups (Macro 66 Using the Self-Timer 67 Changing the Recording Pixels (Still Images 69 Changing ... Focus, Safety MF) . . . 103 Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock 107 Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock 109 Adjusting the ISO Speed 110 Reducing Camera Shake When Shooting (Auto ISO Shift) . 111 Adjusting the Exposure Compensation 114 Switching between Metering Modes 115
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Shooting Mode You can shoot images with the or button. 3. The digital zoom or the digital tele-converter cannot be used in the LCD monitor. 1 Select . 1. Explanations in gray. • Approximately 2M recording pixels, and compression ...Shooting ( )/Playback ( ) Available shooting modes These modes are available These modes are not available : This mark denotes issues that may affect the camera's operation. : This mark denotes additional topics that will not print displays in this Guide Commonly Used Shooting Functions 71 Configuring the Postcard Mode See Functions...
Shooting Mode You can shoot images with the or button. 3. The digital zoom or the digital tele-converter cannot be used in the LCD monitor. 1 Select . 1. Explanations in gray. • Approximately 2M recording pixels, and compression ...Shooting ( )/Playback ( ) Available shooting modes These modes are available These modes are not available : This mark denotes issues that may affect the camera's operation. : This mark denotes additional topics that will not print displays in this Guide Commonly Used Shooting Functions 71 Configuring the Postcard Mode See Functions...
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...Setting the Display Language (p. 13) to specification. Warranty Limitations This camera's warranty is in your region before proceeding with a warranty claim to a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. Video Format Please set the camera's video signal format to the one used in use abroad, please... upon or contravenes international or domestic copyright laws and regulations. Warning Against Copyright Infringement Please note that Canon digital cameras are not liable for any malfunction of a camera or accessory, including memory cards, that results in a way that is used in a manner that...
...Setting the Display Language (p. 13) to specification. Warranty Limitations This camera's warranty is in your region before proceeding with a warranty claim to a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. Video Format Please set the camera's video signal format to the one used in use abroad, please... upon or contravenes international or domestic copyright laws and regulations. Warning Against Copyright Infringement Please note that Canon digital cameras are not liable for any malfunction of a camera or accessory, including memory cards, that results in a way that is used in a manner that...
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... the printer's user guide for connection instructions. Getting Started 22 Printing Printing Button Terminal Cover DIGITAL Terminal Control Dial Buttons Button 1. Connect the camera to a direct print compatible printer*1. • Slide the camera's terminal cover to the left to Canon-brand printers. *2 You can also use the CP-10/CP-100/CP-200/CP...
... the printer's user guide for connection instructions. Getting Started 22 Printing Printing Button Terminal Cover DIGITAL Terminal Control Dial Buttons Button 1. Connect the camera to a direct print compatible printer*1. • Slide the camera's terminal cover to the left to Canon-brand printers. *2 You can also use the CP-10/CP-100/CP-200/CP...
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... grasp the sides of the connector when disconnecting the interface cable from the camera's DIGITAL terminal. Press the camera's (Playback) button to turn off the camera and the printer and disconnect the interface cable. After you finish printing, turn on the camera. • The button will light blue. • A , or icon will appear in the...
... grasp the sides of the connector when disconnecting the interface cable from the camera's DIGITAL terminal. Press the camera's (Playback) button to turn off the camera and the printer and disconnect the interface cable. After you finish printing, turn on the camera. • The button will light blue. • A , or icon will appear in the...
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... Images to a Computer Downloading Images to a Computer Getting Started Items to Prepare • Camera and computer • Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk supplied with the camera • Interface cable supplied with the camera (Be sure to use only the supplied cable) System Requirements Please install the software on ... computers with builtin USB ports. PowerPC G3/G4/G5 or Intel Processor 256 MB or more USB • Canon Utilities - PhotoStitch : 40 MB or more • Canon Camera TWAIN Driver : 25 MB or more 1,024 × 768 pixels/High Color (16 bit) or better...
... Images to a Computer Downloading Images to a Computer Getting Started Items to Prepare • Camera and computer • Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk supplied with the camera • Interface cable supplied with the camera (Be sure to use only the supplied cable) System Requirements Please install the software on ... computers with builtin USB ports. PowerPC G3/G4/G5 or Intel Processor 256 MB or more USB • Canon Utilities - PhotoStitch : 40 MB or more • Canon Camera TWAIN Driver : 25 MB or more 1,024 × 768 pixels/High Color (16 bit) or better...
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... installation. 3. Click [Easy Installation]. When the installation is complete. Getting Started Downloading Images to a Computer 25 Preparing to Download Images Ensure that appears. 4. Place the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk in the CDROM window. Click the button that you install the software first before connecting the...
... installation. 3. Click [Easy Installation]. When the installation is complete. Getting Started Downloading Images to a Computer 25 Preparing to Download Images Ensure that appears. 4. Place the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk in the CDROM window. Click the button that you install the software first before connecting the...
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...Terminal Cover Interface Cable 3. Always grasp the sides of the connector when disconnecting the interface cable from the camera's DIGITAL terminal. If the Digital Signature Not Found window appears, click [Yes]. Getting Started 26 Downloading Images to open a connection. The ... all the way into the connector. Slide the camera's terminal cover to the left to a Computer 2. Connecting the camera to the computer. 1. Preparing to download images to a computer. 1. Press the (Playback) button to the camera's DIGITAL terminal. Connect the supplied interface cable to the ...
...Terminal Cover Interface Cable 3. Always grasp the sides of the connector when disconnecting the interface cable from the camera's DIGITAL terminal. If the Digital Signature Not Found window appears, click [Yes]. Getting Started 26 Downloading Images to open a connection. The ... all the way into the connector. Slide the camera's terminal cover to the left to a Computer 2. Connecting the camera to the computer. 1. Preparing to download images to a computer. 1. Press the (Playback) button to the camera's DIGITAL terminal. Connect the supplied interface cable to the ...
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Getting Started 32 System Map System Map Supplied with Camera Wrist Strap WS-200 AA Alkaline Batteries (×2) Interface Cable IFC-400PCU*1 Memory Card (16MB) Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk AV Cable AVC-DC300*1 Battery and Charger Kit CBK4-300*5 AC Adapter Kit ACK800 Battery Charger CB-5AH/ CB-5AHE AA-size NiMH batteries NB-3AH (×4) • NiMH Battery NB4-300 (set of 4 AA-size) also available separately. • Two batteries are used for this camera. Compact Power Adapter CA-PS800 Power Cord
Getting Started 32 System Map System Map Supplied with Camera Wrist Strap WS-200 AA Alkaline Batteries (×2) Interface Cable IFC-400PCU*1 Memory Card (16MB) Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk AV Cable AVC-DC300*1 Battery and Charger Kit CBK4-300*5 AC Adapter Kit ACK800 Battery Charger CB-5AH/ CB-5AHE AA-size NiMH batteries NB-3AH (×4) • NiMH Battery NB4-300 (set of 4 AA-size) also available separately. • Two batteries are used for this camera. Compact Power Adapter CA-PS800 Power Cord
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Back View Components Guide 39 a LCD Monitor (p. 51) b Terminal Cover c Wrist Strap Mount (p. 9) d Battery Cover Lock (pp. 8, 10) e Memory Card Slot / Battery Cover (pp. 8, 10) f Tripod Socket g DC IN (Power Input) Terminal (p. 188) h DIGITAL Terminal (p. 26) i A/V OUT (Audio/Video output) Terminal (p. 161) The LCD monitor may be covered with a thin plastic film for protection against scratches during shipment. If so, remove the film before using the camera.
Back View Components Guide 39 a LCD Monitor (p. 51) b Terminal Cover c Wrist Strap Mount (p. 9) d Battery Cover Lock (pp. 8, 10) e Memory Card Slot / Battery Cover (pp. 8, 10) f Tripod Socket g DC IN (Power Input) Terminal (p. 188) h DIGITAL Terminal (p. 26) i A/V OUT (Audio/Video output) Terminal (p. 161) The LCD monitor may be covered with a thin plastic film for protection against scratches during shipment. If so, remove the film before using the camera.
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...be set . Enables shooting without digital zoom. 1.6x 57.6 - 576 mm Digital zoom is fixed at the selected zoom factor, and the focal length shifts to select [Digital Zoom]. This enables a faster 2.0x 72 - 720 mm shutter speed and less chance of camera shake than a shot taken at ...zoom factors of view with digital and optical zoom combined. The available shooting characteristics and focal ...
...be set . Enables shooting without digital zoom. 1.6x 57.6 - 576 mm Digital zoom is fixed at the selected zoom factor, and the focal length shifts to select [Digital Zoom]. This enables a faster 2.0x 72 - 720 mm shutter speed and less chance of camera shake than a shot taken at ...zoom factors of view with digital and optical zoom combined. The available shooting characteristics and focal ...
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... will change to white. When a selected face cannot be canceled. - When turning the power back on - 102 Various Shooting Methods 3. Using the digital zoom or digital tele-converter - menu. 2 Press the shutter button halfway. • The face frame ( ) of the main subject will continue to shoot. z... the AF frame mode is pressed to [Center], you cannot select faces while using the digital zoom. When the MENU button is set to display the menu. - Press the button again. • The camera exits face designation mode, and the face frame ( ) of main subject will be tracked...
... will change to white. When a selected face cannot be canceled. - When turning the power back on - 102 Various Shooting Methods 3. Using the digital zoom or digital tele-converter - menu. 2 Press the shutter button halfway. • The face frame ( ) of the main subject will continue to shoot. z... the AF frame mode is pressed to [Center], you cannot select faces while using the digital zoom. When the MENU button is set to display the menu. - Press the button again. • The camera exits face designation mode, and the face frame ( ) of main subject will be tracked...
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... with the white image. Press the button. 2. If you are difficult for the (Auto) setting to select and choose with the or button. 2 Aim the camera at a piece of white paper or cloth and press . • If you are viewing it with a particular source of monotone color (such as a mercury-vapor... subjects of light (such as sky, sea or forest) • Shooting with the LCD monitor, ensure that the center frame will not display when the digital zoom is used or when is displayed. 3 Press the button.
... with the white image. Press the button. 2. If you are difficult for the (Auto) setting to select and choose with the or button. 2 Aim the camera at a piece of white paper or cloth and press . • If you are viewing it with a particular source of monotone color (such as a mercury-vapor... subjects of light (such as sky, sea or forest) • Shooting with the LCD monitor, ensure that the center frame will not display when the digital zoom is used or when is displayed. 3 Press the button.
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...print. 154 Print Settings/Transfer Settings Print Settings/Transfer Settings Setting the DPOF Print Settings You can be overwritten by those set by your camera. These settings will be selected. * Default setting Standard* Prints one image per page. Print Type Index Prints the selected images together at...and index formats. Setting the Print Style After setting the print style, select the images for a memory card with the Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) standards. This is extremely convenient for printing on the camera comply with print settings set by a different DPOF-compliant...
...print. 154 Print Settings/Transfer Settings Print Settings/Transfer Settings Setting the DPOF Print Settings You can be overwritten by those set by your camera. These settings will be selected. * Default setting Standard* Prints one image per page. Print Type Index Prints the selected images together at...and index formats. Setting the Print Style After setting the print style, select the images for a memory card with the Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) standards. This is extremely convenient for printing on the camera comply with print settings set by a different DPOF-compliant...
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... indoor settings or approaching closer to the subject. White dots appear on ). (Flash z Push down the flash to (p. 65). (Flash off dust particles or with digital cameras and does not insects in the the eyes when the flash is Rec. be effective, the subject must be obtained by increasing the lighting in...
... indoor settings or approaching closer to the subject. White dots appear on ). (Flash z Push down the flash to (p. 65). (Flash off dust particles or with digital cameras and does not insects in the the eyes when the flash is Rec. be effective, the subject must be obtained by increasing the lighting in...
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...procedures. supplied software program ZoomBrowser EX or ImageBrowser. Refer to the camera using the with another camera cannot be edited. Images cannot be edited. You attempted to play back if they are camera or images edited added to the Software Starter Guide for details. was.... Movies do not play back. Zoom lever was changed . Note the digital mode. File name was pressed z Operate the zoom before shooting (p. 59) - Some images shot with a low in the camera's built- - Format the memory card with another played back may momentarily ...
...procedures. supplied software program ZoomBrowser EX or ImageBrowser. Refer to the camera using the with another camera cannot be edited. Images cannot be edited. You attempted to play back if they are camera or images edited added to the Software Starter Guide for details. was.... Movies do not play back. Zoom lever was changed . Note the digital mode. File name was pressed z Operate the zoom before shooting (p. 59) - Some images shot with a low in the camera's built- - Format the memory card with another played back may momentarily ...
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...optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints. Depending on the volume and data writing speed of shooting is a standard for enhancing the communication between digital cameras and printers. By connecting to a maximum of (Still images) : Large: Recording Medium 1: Pixels Medium 2: Medium 3: Small: Postcard:...at the moment the clip length reaches 1 hour. Audio data: WAVE (monaural)) : Sound memos: WAVE (monaural) * This digital camera supports Exif 2.2 (also called "Exif Print"). 196 Appendix Self-timer : Activates shutter after an approx. 10-sec./ approx. 2-sec.
...optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints. Depending on the volume and data writing speed of shooting is a standard for enhancing the communication between digital cameras and printers. By connecting to a maximum of (Still images) : Large: Recording Medium 1: Pixels Medium 2: Medium 3: Small: Postcard:...at the moment the clip length reaches 1 hour. Audio data: WAVE (monaural)) : Sound memos: WAVE (monaural) * This digital camera supports Exif 2.2 (also called "Exif Print"). 196 Appendix Self-timer : Activates shutter after an approx. 10-sec./ approx. 2-sec.
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...limits are designed to radio communications. Do not make any interference received, including interference that interference will not occur in a particular installation. One Canon Plaza, Lake Success, NY 11042, U.S.A. Réglementation canadienne sur les interférences radio Cet appareil numérique de la classe ..., there is no guarantee that may cause harmful interference to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in accordance with the digital camera must accept any changes or modifications to comply with the limits for help. 220 FCC Notice...
...limits are designed to radio communications. Do not make any interference received, including interference that interference will not occur in a particular installation. One Canon Plaza, Lake Success, NY 11042, U.S.A. Réglementation canadienne sur les interférences radio Cet appareil numérique de la classe ..., there is no guarantee that may cause harmful interference to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in accordance with the digital camera must accept any changes or modifications to comply with the limits for help. 220 FCC Notice...