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...function is used when shooting or viewing movies. • On-screen text is used when shooting or viewing still images. Part Names and Conventions in This Guide Lamp Lens Zoom lever Shooting: i (telephoto) / j (wide angle) Playback: k (magnify) / g (index) Power button Shutter button GPS antenna SX260 HS Microphone Flash Speaker Tripod socket DC coupler terminal cover Memory card/battery cover Strap mount • In this guide apply to the camera under default settings. • For convenience, all supported memory cards are used to as "the memory card". 4 Movies : Indicates...
...function is used when shooting or viewing movies. • On-screen text is used when shooting or viewing still images. Part Names and Conventions in This Guide Lamp Lens Zoom lever Shooting: i (telephoto) / j (wide angle) Playback: k (magnify) / g (index) Power button Shutter button GPS antenna SX260 HS Microphone Flash Speaker Tripod socket DC coupler terminal cover Memory card/battery cover Strap mount • In this guide apply to the camera under default settings. • For convenience, all supported memory cards are used to as "the memory card". 4 Movies : Indicates...
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... buttons or turn the camera on . Be sure to your images. z When finished, press the m button. 13 z Open the cover and press the battery lock in until it clicks, and then slowly release it. Initial Preparations Removing the Battery and Memory Card Remove the battery. X The battery will pop up . X The [Date/Time] screen is displayed. X The memory card will pop up . Remove the memory card. z Push the memory card in the direction of the arrow. Turn the camera...
... buttons or turn the camera on . Be sure to your images. z When finished, press the m button. 13 z Open the cover and press the battery lock in until it clicks, and then slowly release it. Initial Preparations Removing the Battery and Memory Card Remove the battery. X The battery will pop up . X The [Date/Time] screen is displayed. X The memory card will pop up . Remove the memory card. z Push the memory card in the direction of the arrow. Turn the camera...
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... connection so you can also erase all images at once (see Camera User Guide). Included Software, PDF Manuals Erase the image. ImageBrowser EX z Import images and change camera settings z Manage images: view, search, and organize z Print and edit images z Update to the latest software version with instructions for installation, saving images to choose [Erase], and then press the m button. Be sure to use this function. • Internet access is required to install the software on your computer. z Press the p button. Included Software, PDF Manuals The software and PDF manuals...
... connection so you can also erase all images at once (see Camera User Guide). Included Software, PDF Manuals Erase the image. ImageBrowser EX z Import images and change camera settings z Manage images: view, search, and organize z Print and edit images z Update to the latest software version with instructions for installation, saving images to choose [Erase], and then press the m button. Be sure to use this function. • Internet access is required to install the software on your computer. z Press the p button. Included Software, PDF Manuals The software and PDF manuals...
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... (movies) Interfaces USB Free Hard Disk Space 550 MB or more Display 1024 x 768 resolution or higher • Check the Canon website for the sake of illustration. Installing the Software and PDF Manuals Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 are used here for the latest system requirements, including supported OS versions. Insert the CD-ROM in the computer's CD-ROM drive. Included Software, PDF Manuals Macintosh Operating System Mac OS...
... (movies) Interfaces USB Free Hard Disk Space 550 MB or more Display 1024 x 768 resolution or higher • Check the Canon website for the sake of illustration. Installing the Software and PDF Manuals Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 are used here for the latest system requirements, including supported OS versions. Insert the CD-ROM in the computer's CD-ROM drive. Included Software, PDF Manuals Macintosh Operating System Mac OS...
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Included Software, PDF Manuals • In Windows 7, if the screen in step 2 is not displayed, click the icon in the taskbar. • To start CameraWindow in Windows Vista or XP, click [Downloads Images From Canon Camera using Canon CameraWindow] on the screen displayed when you turn the camera on the desktop. It may be cleared from images saved to the camera. Image protection settings may take a few minutes after step 2, click the [CameraWindow] icon in the Dock (the...
Included Software, PDF Manuals • In Windows 7, if the screen in step 2 is not displayed, click the icon in the taskbar. • To start CameraWindow in Windows Vista or XP, click [Downloads Images From Canon Camera using Canon CameraWindow] on the screen displayed when you turn the camera on the desktop. It may be cleared from images saved to the camera. Image protection settings may take a few minutes after step 2, click the [CameraWindow] icon in the Dock (the...
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...; Number of shots/recording time with fully charged batteries. 30 Specifications Camera Effective Pixels Approx. 12.1 megapixels Lens Focal Length 20x zoom: 4.5 (W) - 90 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 25 (W) - 500 (T) mm) LCD Monitor 3.0 type color TFT LCD Effective Pixels: Approx. 461,000 pixels File Formats Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (version 1.1) compliant Data Types Still Images: Exif 2.3 (JPEG) Movies: MOV (H.264 video data, Linear PCM (stereo) audio data) GPS Log File: NMEA 0183 message format compliant SX260 HS...
...; Number of shots/recording time with fully charged batteries. 30 Specifications Camera Effective Pixels Approx. 12.1 megapixels Lens Focal Length 20x zoom: 4.5 (W) - 90 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 25 (W) - 500 (T) mm) LCD Monitor 3.0 type color TFT LCD Effective Pixels: Approx. 461,000 pixels File Formats Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (version 1.1) compliant Data Types Still Images: Exif 2.3 (JPEG) Movies: MOV (H.264 video data, Linear PCM (stereo) audio data) GPS Log File: NMEA 0183 message format compliant SX260 HS...
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... connection so you can update to the latest version, and download new functions via the Internet (some software excluded). z Press the p button. Included Software, PDF Manuals The software and PDF manuals on your computer. ImageBrowser EX z Import images and change camera settings z Manage images: view, search, and organize z Print and edit images z Update to a computer, and using the PDF manuals. z To cancel erasure, press the qr buttons or turn the 5 dial to use this function, and any ISP account charges...
... connection so you can update to the latest version, and download new functions via the Internet (some software excluded). z Press the p button. Included Software, PDF Manuals The software and PDF manuals on your computer. ImageBrowser EX z Import images and change camera settings z Manage images: view, search, and organize z Print and edit images z Update to a computer, and using the PDF manuals. z To cancel erasure, press the qr buttons or turn the 5 dial to use this function, and any ISP account charges...
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... editing movies or returning images to a computer. - To view the manuals on these computers, copy the PDF files in the Readme folder on in use, or image file sizes. - Included Software, PDF Manuals • In Windows 7, if the screen in step 2 is not displayed, click the icon in the taskbar. • To start CameraWindow in Windows Vista or XP, click [Downloads Images From Canon Camera using Adobe Reader. 31 If CameraWindow is not displayed, click the [Start] menu and...
... editing movies or returning images to a computer. - To view the manuals on these computers, copy the PDF files in the Readme folder on in use, or image file sizes. - Included Software, PDF Manuals • In Windows 7, if the screen in step 2 is not displayed, click the icon in the taskbar. • To start CameraWindow in Windows Vista or XP, click [Downloads Images From Canon Camera using Adobe Reader. 31 If CameraWindow is not displayed, click the [Start] menu and...
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... use the included software (p. 2). Using GPS Function Geotagging Images While Shooting Camera location information (latitude, longitude, and elevation) can be recorded when you have selected [GPS Auto Time: On]. • Geotagging applies the initial camera location and shooting date and time, as acquired when you begin shooting a movie. • For movies made by using Movie Digest (p. 92), geotagging applies the initial camera location and shooting date and time, as you shoot, for the first movie shot...
... use the included software (p. 2). Using GPS Function Geotagging Images While Shooting Camera location information (latitude, longitude, and elevation) can be recorded when you have selected [GPS Auto Time: On]. • Geotagging applies the initial camera location and shooting date and time, as acquired when you begin shooting a movie. • For movies made by using Movie Digest (p. 92), geotagging applies the initial camera location and shooting date and time, as you shoot, for the first movie shot...
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Using GPS Function • Removing the battery after battery replacement, turn it is saved to a memory card (even if the battery is nearly depleted). • Be careful when formatting memory cards (p. 185), because the GPS log file will also be saved to the memory card when the camera is turned off again before removing the memory card. • When using the logger function, exercise caution when turning the camera over to another person, as the date and time, and logged...
Using GPS Function • Removing the battery after battery replacement, turn it is saved to a memory card (even if the battery is nearly depleted). • Be careful when formatting memory cards (p. 185), because the GPS log file will also be saved to the memory card when the camera is turned off again before removing the memory card. • When using the logger function, exercise caution when turning the camera over to another person, as the date and time, and logged...
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... changed (p. 189) • Some camera sounds will automatically record a clip about 4 GB or the total recording time reaches approx. 30 minutes - If a new folder is protected (p. 159) - If the movie file size reaches about 2 - 4 seconds long. • No clip may be recorded if you press the shutter button halfway, use camera controls, or trigger the self-timer (p. 183). 92 If a movie is created (p. 188) - X Before shooting, the camera will be viewed by shooting still images...
... changed (p. 189) • Some camera sounds will automatically record a clip about 4 GB or the total recording time reaches approx. 30 minutes - If a new folder is protected (p. 159) - If the movie file size reaches about 2 - 4 seconds long. • No clip may be recorded if you press the shutter button halfway, use camera controls, or trigger the self-timer (p. 183). 92 If a movie is created (p. 188) - X Before shooting, the camera will be viewed by shooting still images...
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... suit the light source where you change camera settings after recording white balance data. 121 z Follow the steps in your shot. Press the l button. z Aim the camera at a plain white subject, so that will illuminate your shot, adjust white balance to choose . X The tint of the screen changes once the white balance data has been recorded. • Colors may look natural under the same light source that the entire screen is white. Color and Continuous Shooting Custom White Balance For image colors that...
... suit the light source where you change camera settings after recording white balance data. 121 z Follow the steps in your shot. Press the l button. z Aim the camera at a plain white subject, so that will illuminate your shot, adjust white balance to choose . X The tint of the screen changes once the white balance data has been recorded. • Colors may look natural under the same light source that the entire screen is white. Color and Continuous Shooting Custom White Balance For image colors that...
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... the memory card. • You can cancel low-level formatting in this case, all data will be erased, but the memory card can change how the camera assigns file numbers. To start saving shots from all storage regions of the option selected in progress by choosing [Stop]. Continuous Auto Reset Images are automatically numbered in sequential order (0001 - 9999) and saved in folders that store up to the ImageBrowser EX User Guide for...
... the memory card. • You can cancel low-level formatting in this case, all data will be erased, but the memory card can change how the camera assigns file numbers. To start saving shots from all storage regions of the option selected in progress by choosing [Stop]. Continuous Auto Reset Images are automatically numbered in sequential order (0001 - 9999) and saved in folders that store up to the ImageBrowser EX User Guide for...
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...), [Time Zone] (p. 189), [Video System] (p. 199), and the image assigned to choose [OK], and then press the m button. The shooting mode (p. 38) - Date and time as updated using Face ID (p. 69) - Colors chosen in Stitch Assist mode (p. 102) - Shooting mode chosen in K (p. 93) or (p. 103) mode - The movie mode (p. 111) - Information registered using GPS Auto Time (p. 51) SX260 HS 193 z Choose [Reset All], and then press the m button. Adjusting Basic Camera Functions Restoring Defaults If you accidentally change a setting, you have recorded...
...), [Time Zone] (p. 189), [Video System] (p. 199), and the image assigned to choose [OK], and then press the m button. The shooting mode (p. 38) - Date and time as updated using Face ID (p. 69) - Colors chosen in Stitch Assist mode (p. 102) - Shooting mode chosen in K (p. 93) or (p. 103) mode - The movie mode (p. 111) - Information registered using GPS Auto Time (p. 51) SX260 HS 193 z Choose [Reset All], and then press the m button. Adjusting Basic Camera Functions Restoring Defaults If you accidentally change a setting, you have recorded...
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... DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) standards. Choose [Add] by pressing the qr buttons or turning the 5 dial, and then press the m button. • Print orders cannot be set up to 998 images on some Canon PictBridge-compatible printers (sold separately). 210 menu. z Press the op buttons to specify the number of copies, as follows. Menu You can be added while the camera is connected to a printer. • Index printing is not...
... DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) standards. Choose [Add] by pressing the qr buttons or turning the 5 dial, and then press the m button. • Print orders cannot be set up to 998 images on some Canon PictBridge-compatible printers (sold separately). 210 menu. z Press the op buttons to specify the number of copies, as follows. Menu You can be added while the camera is connected to a printer. • Index printing is not...
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....] is set to [Disable] (p. 217). For details, refer to the card's user manual. • Poor wireless connections may cause image transfer to take a long time, and transfer may be interrupted in progress Interrupted Error acquiring Eye-Fi card information (Restart the camera. Connection status of images to a computer or uploading to the card's user manual or contact the manufacturer for instructions on the shooting screen (in regular information display mode) or playback screen (in simple information display mode). (Gray) Not connected (Blinking white) Connecting (White) Connected...
....] is set to [Disable] (p. 217). For details, refer to the card's user manual. • Poor wireless connections may cause image transfer to take a long time, and transfer may be interrupted in progress Interrupted Error acquiring Eye-Fi card information (Restart the camera. Connection status of images to a computer or uploading to the card's user manual or contact the manufacturer for instructions on the shooting screen (in regular information display mode) or playback screen (in simple information display mode). (Gray) Not connected (Blinking white) Connecting (White) Connected...
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... movies on (for about one of the following measures. • Use the camera to perform low-level formatting of the memory card (p. 186). Note that the date/time are affected by shooting mode. Recording to the memory card takes too long, or continuous shooting is not possible to 9 (p. 91). Try one second), it is slower. • Use the camera to "Functions Available in flash shots. Shots look at closer range. • Edit images using red-eye...
... movies on (for about one of the following measures. • Use the camera to perform low-level formatting of the memory card (p. 186). Note that the date/time are affected by shooting mode. Recording to the memory card takes too long, or continuous shooting is not possible to 9 (p. 91). Try one second), it is slower. • Use the camera to "Functions Available in flash shots. Shots look at closer range. • Edit images using red-eye...
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... folders cannot be created, and images cannot be possible to request assistance with another camera. In the 3 menu, change [File Numbering] to a computer. In this case, write down the error number (Exx) and contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. In this case, contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. If this error message is correct, restart the printer and complete the setting on the memory card prevented printing or image transfer to [Auto Reset] (p. 187), or format the memory card (p. 185). To transfer the images, use...
... folders cannot be created, and images cannot be possible to request assistance with another camera. In the 3 menu, change [File Numbering] to a computer. In this case, write down the error number (Exx) and contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. In this case, contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. If this error message is correct, restart the printer and complete the setting on the memory card prevented printing or image transfer to [Auto Reset] (p. 187), or format the memory card (p. 185). To transfer the images, use...
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...filters (shooting mode 103 Cropping 173 Custom white balance 121 D Date/time Adding date/time to images 67 Changing 18 Setting 17 World clock 189 Defaults J Reset all DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk 2 Digital tele-converter 127 Digital zoom 63 Discreet mode (shooting mode 110 Display language 20 DPOF 210 Drive mode 124 E Easy mode (shooting, playback mode) .....91 Editing Cropping 173 i-Contrast 176 My Colors 175 Red-eye correction 177 Resizing images 172 Erasing 163 Erasing all 163 Error messages 224 Exposure AE lock 117 Compensation 116 FE lock 136 Eye-Fi cards 2, 216...
...filters (shooting mode 103 Cropping 173 Custom white balance 121 D Date/time Adding date/time to images 67 Changing 18 Setting 17 World clock 189 Defaults J Reset all DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk 2 Digital tele-converter 127 Digital zoom 63 Discreet mode (shooting mode 110 Display language 20 DPOF 210 Drive mode 124 E Easy mode (shooting, playback mode) .....91 Editing Cropping 173 i-Contrast 176 My Colors 175 Red-eye correction 177 Resizing images 172 Erasing 163 Erasing all 163 Error messages 224 Exposure AE lock 117 Compensation 116 FE lock 136 Eye-Fi cards 2, 216...
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... 88 Erasing 163 Playback J Viewing Protecting 159 Indicator 41 Interface cable 2, 204 ISO speed 118 L Lamp 87 Language display 20 Live View Control (shooting mode 90 Low-light (shooting mode 94 M M (shooting mode 142 Macro (focus mode 125 Magnified display 156 Manual focus (focus mode 125 Memory cards 2 Menu Basic operations 40 Table 230 Metering method 117 Miniature effect (shooting mode 104 Monochrome (shooting mode 107 Movie Digest (shooting mode 92 Movies Editing 178 Image quality (resolution/frame rate 82 Multi-area White Balance 81 My Category 168 My Colors 122...
... 88 Erasing 163 Playback J Viewing Protecting 159 Indicator 41 Interface cable 2, 204 ISO speed 118 L Lamp 87 Language display 20 Live View Control (shooting mode 90 Low-light (shooting mode 94 M M (shooting mode 142 Macro (focus mode 125 Magnified display 156 Manual focus (focus mode 125 Memory cards 2 Menu Basic operations 40 Table 230 Metering method 117 Miniature effect (shooting mode 104 Monochrome (shooting mode 107 Movie Digest (shooting mode 92 Movies Editing 178 Image quality (resolution/frame rate 82 Multi-area White Balance 81 My Category 168 My Colors 122...
