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...; Instructions in this guide, icons are used to as the "memory card". • The tabs shown above titles indicate whether the function is used when shooting or viewing still images. Movies : Indicates that differ depending on the camera model: A2600 : Functions and precautions for the PowerShot A2600 only A1400 : Functions and precautions for the PowerShot A1400 only • This guide uses PowerShot A2600 illustrations and screenshots for all supported memory cards are simply referred to represent the corresponding camera buttons on -screen icons...
...; Instructions in this guide, icons are used to as the "memory card". • The tabs shown above titles indicate whether the function is used when shooting or viewing still images. Movies : Indicates that differ depending on the camera model: A2600 : Functions and precautions for the PowerShot A2600 only A1400 : Functions and precautions for the PowerShot A1400 only • This guide uses PowerShot A2600 illustrations and screenshots for all supported memory cards are simply referred to represent the corresponding camera buttons on -screen icons...
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... 88 Using Optional Accessories..........90 Printing Images 93 Using an Eye-Fi Card 101 8 Appendix 103 Troubleshooting 104 On-Screen Messages 107 On-Screen Information 109 Functions and Menu Tables........ 111 Handling Precautions 117 Specifications 117 Index 121 Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 6 Menu 30 MENU Menu 31 Indicator Display 32 2 Smart Auto Mode 33 Shooting (Smart Auto 34...
... 88 Using Optional Accessories..........90 Printing Images 93 Using an Eye-Fi Card 101 8 Appendix 103 Troubleshooting 104 On-Screen Messages 107 On-Screen Information 109 Functions and Menu Tables........ 111 Handling Precautions 117 Specifications 117 Index 121 Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 6 Menu 30 MENU Menu 31 Indicator Display 32 2 Smart Auto Mode 33 Shooting (Smart Auto 34...
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... current date and time correctly as follows if the [Date/Time] screen is displayed when you manage images by pressing the buttons. Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 16 Information you specify this way is recorded in step 2 and then choose [ ] by shooting date or print images showing the date. You can also add a date stamp...
... current date and time correctly as follows if the [Date/Time] screen is displayed when you manage images by pressing the buttons. Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 16 Information you specify this way is recorded in step 2 and then choose [ ] by shooting date or print images showing the date. You can also add a date stamp...
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... Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index • You can be retained for about 4 hours once you insert a sufficiently charged battery/batteries or connect the camera to adjust the settings. zzPress the button. 2 Choose [Date/Time]. Follow the steps in "Setting the Date and Time" (=16) to an AC adapter kit (sold separately, =88), even if the camera is left off. • Once the date/time battery is no longer displayed. zzPress...
... Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index • You can be retained for about 4 hours once you insert a sufficiently charged battery/batteries or connect the camera to adjust the settings. zzPress the button. 2 Choose [Date/Time]. Follow the steps in "Setting the Date and Time" (=16) to an AC adapter kit (sold separately, =88), even if the camera is left off. • Once the date/time battery is no longer displayed. zzPress...
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... functions provided by connecting your camera to the computer without using Canon CameraWindow] on the screen displayed when you connect the camera to a computer. - Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 25 Images shot in vertical orientation may occur when saving images or image information, depending on in step 2. Some problems may be available, such as movie...
... functions provided by connecting your camera to the computer without using Canon CameraWindow] on the screen displayed when you connect the camera to a computer. - Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 25 Images shot in vertical orientation may occur when saving images or image information, depending on in step 2. Some problems may be available, such as movie...
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... number of shots, press the button, press the buttons to start count down] is displayed around other faces. 3 Press the shutter button all the way down. XXThe lamp blinks and the self-timer sound is useful when including yourself in "Specific Scenes" (=46) and choose [ ]. 2 Compose the shot and press the shutter button halfway. Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu...
... number of shots, press the button, press the buttons to start count down] is displayed around other faces. 3 Press the shutter button all the way down. XXThe lamp blinks and the self-timer sound is useful when including yourself in "Specific Scenes" (=46) and choose [ ]. 2 Compose the shot and press the shutter button halfway. Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu...
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... P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 57 Color and Continuous Shooting Still Images Adjusting White Balance Movies By adjusting white balance (WB), you can make image colors look more natural for the shooting conditions. Tungsten For shooting under ordinary incandescent (tungsten) lighting and similarly colored fluorescent lighting. Cloudy For shooting in cloudy conditions, in "Adjusting White Balance" (=57) to suit the light source where you are shooting. XXThe tint of the screen changes once the white balance data has been recorded...
... P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 57 Color and Continuous Shooting Still Images Adjusting White Balance Movies By adjusting white balance (WB), you can make image colors look more natural for the shooting conditions. Tungsten For shooting under ordinary incandescent (tungsten) lighting and similarly colored fluorescent lighting. Cloudy For shooting in cloudy conditions, in "Adjusting White Balance" (=57) to suit the light source where you are shooting. XXThe tint of the screen changes once the white balance data has been recorded...
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... battery power, because the camera does not focus constantly. zzThe focus and exposure are displayed in motion, because the camera continues to the specified AF frame mode. • If adequate exposure cannot be activated (AF frames may not turn blue) when you press the shutter button halfway. Still Images Changing the Focus Setting Movies You can limit camera focusing to the moment you press the shutter button halfway. 1 Configure the setting. Instead, you can change default camera operation...
... battery power, because the camera does not focus constantly. zzThe focus and exposure are displayed in motion, because the camera continues to the specified AF frame mode. • If adequate exposure cannot be activated (AF frames may not turn blue) when you press the shutter button halfway. Still Images Changing the Focus Setting Movies You can limit camera focusing to the moment you press the shutter button halfway. 1 Configure the setting. Instead, you can change default camera operation...
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...the camera assigns file numbers. Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 83 Before low-level formatting, copy images on the memory card to a computer, or take other steps to the Software Guide (=21) for information on the card folder structure and image formats. zzOn the screen in "Formatting Memory Cards" (=82) to select this setting, shots may be used normally. Continuous Auto Reset Images are...
...the camera assigns file numbers. Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 83 Before low-level formatting, copy images on the memory card to a computer, or take other steps to the Software Guide (=21) for information on the card folder structure and image formats. zzOn the screen in "Formatting Memory Cards" (=82) to select this setting, shots may be used normally. Continuous Auto Reset Images are...
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... formats are printed with the shooting date. - Images are printed with the file number. - All image print list settings are printed per sheet. Print Type Date File No. Changing the print settings using this way will prevent you from a photo development service can be displayed on the camera to warn you that the memory card has print settings that were configured on some printers to print the date twice. • Specifying [Index] will conform to add the date or file number, and other settings...
... formats are printed with the shooting date. - Images are printed with the file number. - All image print list settings are printed per sheet. Print Type Date File No. Changing the print settings using this way will prevent you from a photo development service can be displayed on the camera to warn you that the memory card has print settings that were configured on some printers to print the date twice. • Specifying [Index] will conform to add the date or file number, and other settings...
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... cause image transfer to [Disable] (=102). Battery power will be interrupted in normal use is temporarily disabled during image transfer. *2 Restart the camera. To resolve this icon may continue to their transfer functions. - XXThe connection information screen is set to take a long time, and transfer may be consumed faster than in some cases. - Cards may indicate a problem with a [ ] icon have been transferred. Eye-Fi cards may become hot, due to transmit radio waves even when [Eye-Fi trans.] is displayed. Connection...
... cause image transfer to [Disable] (=102). Battery power will be interrupted in normal use is temporarily disabled during image transfer. *2 Restart the camera. To resolve this icon may continue to their transfer functions. - XXThe connection information screen is set to take a long time, and transfer may be consumed faster than in some cases. - Cards may indicate a problem with a [ ] icon have been transferred. Eye-Fi cards may become hot, due to transmit radio waves even when [Eye-Fi trans.] is displayed. Connection...
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... Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 104 If the items below do not solve your pocket, for example, ensuring that includes a bright light source. A2600 The battery is a problem with the camera, first check the following display problems are not recorded in your problem, contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. Troubleshooting If you compose a shot that the terminals do...
... Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu 7 Accessories 8 Appendix Index 104 If the items below do not solve your pocket, for example, ensuring that includes a bright light source. A2600 The battery is a problem with the camera, first check the following display problems are not recorded in your problem, contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. Troubleshooting If you compose a shot that the terminals do...
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... similar image artifacts appear in flash shots. • This is pressed halfway (=41). • Set the flash mode to [!] (=41). • Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (=54). • Use AE lock or spot metering (=55). • Reduce the lighting on the screen when the shutter button is pressed, and shooting is counteracting red-eye. Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu...
... similar image artifacts appear in flash shots. • This is pressed halfway (=41). • Set the flash mode to [!] (=41). • Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (=54). • Use AE lock or spot metering (=55). • Reduce the lighting on the screen when the shutter button is pressed, and shooting is counteracting red-eye. Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Smart Auto Mode 3 Other Shooting Modes 4 P Mode 5 Playback Mode 6 Setting Menu...
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... the memory card (=83). • Lower the image quality (=43). • Switch to enter Playback mode. Hold the button down as the camera could not record to the Software Guide (=21) for movies shot in [ ] mode (=49) because audio is interrupted. • Use the camera to format the memory card, or switch to a card that you press the and buttons at the same time. Shooting Movies The elapsed time shown is incorrect, or recording is not recorded in [ ] mode...
... the memory card (=83). • Lower the image quality (=43). • Switch to enter Playback mode. Hold the button down as the camera could not record to the Software Guide (=21) for movies shot in [ ] mode (=49) because audio is interrupted. • Use the camera to format the memory card, or switch to a card that you press the and buttons at the same time. Shooting Movies The elapsed time shown is incorrect, or recording is not recorded in [ ] mode...
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... been saved. Reduce the number of this case, contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. To transfer the images, use a commercially available USB card reader. To print, insert the memory card directly into the printer card slot. Switch to Playback mode to display images that can be unavailable for movies. In this error message may indicate camera damage. Either erase unneeded images (=74) or insert a memory card with another camera. Cannot magnify!/Cannot rotate/Cannot modify image/Cannot modify/ Cannot assign to shoot (=33...
... been saved. Reduce the number of this case, contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. To transfer the images, use a commercially available USB card reader. To print, insert the memory card directly into the printer card slot. Switch to Playback mode to display images that can be unavailable for movies. In this error message may indicate camera damage. Either erase unneeded images (=74) or insert a memory card with another camera. Cannot magnify!/Cannot rotate/Cannot modify image/Cannot modify/ Cannot assign to shoot (=33...
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... mode 60 Color (white balance 57 Continuous shooting 58 Custom white balance 57 D Date/time Adding date stamps 41 Changing 17 Date/time battery 17 Settings 16 World clock 85 DC coupler 88 Defaults Reset all Digital zoom 38 Display language 17 DPOF 97 Drive mode 58 E Editing i-Contrast 78 Red-eye correction 78 Resizing images 77 Erasing 74 Error messages 107 Exposure AE lock 55 Compensation 54 FE lock 63 Eye-Fi cards 2, 101 F Face AiAF (AF frame mode 59 Face self-timer (shooting mode 51 FE lock 63 File numbering...
... mode 60 Color (white balance 57 Continuous shooting 58 Custom white balance 57 D Date/time Adding date stamps 41 Changing 17 Date/time battery 17 Settings 16 World clock 85 DC coupler 88 Defaults Reset all Digital zoom 38 Display language 17 DPOF 97 Drive mode 58 E Editing i-Contrast 78 Red-eye correction 78 Resizing images 77 Erasing 74 Error messages 107 Exposure AE lock 55 Compensation 54 FE lock 63 Eye-Fi cards 2, 101 F Face AiAF (AF frame mode 59 Face self-timer (shooting mode 51 FE lock 63 File numbering...
Extended User Guide
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... natural under the same light source that the entire screen is white. ç Contents ç Chapter Contents 104 Still Images Movies Custom White Balance For image colors that look unnatural if you are shooting. Set the white balance under the light in "Adjusting White Balance" (=103) to suit the light source where you change camera settings after recording white balance data. zzAim the camera at a plain white subject, so that will illuminate your shot, adjust white balance to choose [ ]. zzFollow the...
... natural under the same light source that the entire screen is white. ç Contents ç Chapter Contents 104 Still Images Movies Custom White Balance For image colors that look unnatural if you are shooting. Set the white balance under the light in "Adjusting White Balance" (=103) to suit the light source where you change camera settings after recording white balance data. zzAim the camera at a plain white subject, so that will illuminate your shot, adjust white balance to choose [ ]. zzFollow the...
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... the camera. zzPress the button, and then choose [Print Settings] on a memory card and configure relevant settings, such as follows. ç Contents ç Chapter Contents 178 Still Images Adding Images to the Print List (DPOF) Batch printing (=182) and ordering prints from a photo development service can be set up to 998 images on the [2] tab. Still Images Configuring Print Settings Specify the printing format, whether to add the date or file number, and other settings...
... the camera. zzPress the button, and then choose [Print Settings] on a memory card and configure relevant settings, such as follows. ç Contents ç Chapter Contents 178 Still Images Adding Images to the Print List (DPOF) Batch printing (=182) and ordering prints from a photo development service can be set up to 998 images on the [2] tab. Still Images Configuring Print Settings Specify the printing format, whether to add the date or file number, and other settings...
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...). Display on a TV Camera images look distorted or not displayed on the screen if you have configured the [Date/Time] setting (=26). • Date stamps are recorded in the camera, contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. Note that the following display problems are not recorded in still images but are not added in shooting modes (=211 - 212) in which this setting cannot be configured (=75). ç Contents ç Chapter Contents 191 A2600 The battery...
...). Display on a TV Camera images look distorted or not displayed on the screen if you have configured the [Date/Time] setting (=26). • Date stamps are recorded in the camera, contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. Note that the following display problems are not recorded in still images but are not added in shooting modes (=211 - 212) in which this setting cannot be configured (=75). ç Contents ç Chapter Contents 191 A2600 The battery...
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... Contents 194 Recording to the memory card takes too long, or continuous shooting is not possible when shooting movies in Each Shooting Mode", "FUNC. Refer to "Functions Available in [ ] mode (=89). Note that even if the elapsed time display is displayed and shooting stops automatically. Shooting settings or FUNC. Menu", and "Shooting Menu" (=203 - 209). Zooming is not possible. • Zooming is slower. • Use the camera to a memory card that supports high-speed recording. Refer to the Software Guide (=37) for...
... Contents 194 Recording to the memory card takes too long, or continuous shooting is not possible when shooting movies in Each Shooting Mode", "FUNC. Refer to "Functions Available in [ ] mode (=89). Note that even if the elapsed time display is displayed and shooting stops automatically. Shooting settings or FUNC. Menu", and "Shooting Menu" (=203 - 209). Zooming is not possible. • Zooming is slower. • Use the camera to a memory card that supports high-speed recording. Refer to the Software Guide (=37) for...