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Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 50
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... My Camera Settings from CANON iMAGE GATEWAY. If multiple My Camera Settings files are displayed in the left-hand list, choose the file you select [Theme].
Table of Contents
50 HINT
Downloading My Camera Settings Files You can register the start‑up image, start‑up sound, shutter sound, operation sound and self‑timer...
Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 55
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... My Camera Settings. Connects to CANON iMAGE GATEWAY and goes to the top of Contents
55
Import All Images
Transfers all images from a memory card. Organize Images
Protect, rotate, and delete images on the memory card and print them. Set Sounds
Sets camera sound effects (start -up sound, shutter sound, operation sounds, self-timer sound...
Software Guide for Windows - Page 49
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..., start‑up sound, shutter sound, operation sound and self‑timer sound collectively if you want to replace first, then register it in the camera. Table of Contents
49
Appendices My Camera Settings
You can also download various files to use in the camera. Things to Remember
Mastering the Basics
More Advanced Techniques
My...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 4
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What Do You Want to Do?
4 Shoot
z Shoot, leaving it to the camera to make settings 24 z Just take pictures (Easy mode 29
Take good people shots
IC
...
Miniature Effect (p. 70)
Toy Camera Effect (p. 71)
Monochrome (p. 72)
z Focus on faces 24, 65, 91 z Shoot in places where I cannot use the flash
(turn off the flash 54 z Take pictures with me in them too (self-timer 58, 77 z Insert the...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 6
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... the Camera to Default
Settings 51 Power Saving Function
(Auto Power Down 52 Clock Functions 52
3 Shooting with Commonly Used Functions 53
Turning the Flash Off 54 Zooming in More Closely on
Subjects (Digital Zoom 55 Inserting the Date and Time 57 Using the Self-Timer 58 ... in Easy Mode 29 Shooting Movies 30 Viewing Movies 32 Transferring Images to Do 4 Table of this camera.
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 9
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... can be careful about • : Troubleshooting tips • : Hints for the PowerShot SX220 HS only.
Explanations without these icons apply to both models. • PowerShot SX230 HS screenshots and illustrations are used for the
explanations in this guide. • Functions that displays on the camera model are indicated with the
following icons.
Conventions Used in This...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 20
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...on p. 19 and press the op buttons or turn the  , you will appear when you choose dial to choose
in about 4 hours even if the camera is not turned on.
• If the date/time battery...time settings
If you turn the  dial
to choose [Date/Time], then press the m button. z Move the zoom lever to close the menu.
z Press the n button to choose the 3 tab. SX230 HS
20 You can change...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 33
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...installed. Installation may take some time depending on computers with the camera to transfer images you are already using software included with another Canon-brand compact digital camera, install the software from the included CD-ROM, overwriting your computer...150 MB or more*
Map Utility: 50 MB or more SX230 HS
Movie Uploader for viewing.
If you have shot with built-in USB ports.
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 34
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...be pre-installed on computers with the installation. Install the Software. z Place the supplied CD-ROM (DIGITAL
CAMERA Solution Disk) (p. 2) into the computer's CD-ROM drive.
Transferring Images to proceed with built-in...ImageBrowser: 250 MB or more CameraWindow: 150 MB or more
Map Utility: 50 MB or more SX230 HS
Movie Uploader for YouTube: 30 MB or more PhotoStitch: 50 MB or more
1,024 x 768...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 43
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...) b (Exposure Compensation) (p. 83) / o Button e (Macro) (p. 93) / f (Manual Focus) (p. 96) / q Button
Control Dial (see below) m FUNC./SET Button (p. 46) h (Flash) (pp. 82, 100) / r Button Q (Self-Timer) (p. 58) / p Button
Control Dial
Turning the control dial allows you to the position you touch the control dial in a Shooting mode, the function assigned to perform operations such...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 58
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... or turn the  dial
to focus
on the screen. X Once set, Ò will appear on the subject, then press it fully. X When the self-timer starts, the lamp blinks and the self-timer sound ...started, press the p button.
The camera will fire). z To cancel shooting with the self-timer after the shutter button is pressed. Using the Self-Timer
The self-timer can change the delay and number of...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 59
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... preventing any camera shake that occurs when pressing the shutter button. z Press the qr buttons or turn the  dial to shoot. z Follow Step 2 on the screen. Customizing the Self-Timer
You can ...the lamp remains lit when the flash will fire).
59 Using the Self-Timer
Using the Self-Timer to Prevent Camera Shake
The camera will shoot approximately 2 seconds after the shutter button is set to...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 64
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...turning on the same day with Movie Digest
mode or
You can make a short movie of approx. 2 - 4 sec. Making Short Movies Automatically (Movie Digest)
You can select movies made will be recorded in the movie.
• The camera... will not play sounds, such as when pressing the shutter button halfway, using the controls or the self-timer (p. 58).
64 Shoot. If...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 76
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... 2 on the screen. X The lamp will blink and the self-timer sound will wink.
Choose . z Press the qr buttons or turn the  dial to take picture] will enter shooting stand-...play. Detecting a Face and Shooting (Smart Shutter)
Using the Wink Self-Timer
Point the camera at a person and press the shutter button fully. X The camera will appear on p. 66 to choose ,
then press the l ...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 87
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... the op buttons or turn the  dial to choose an option, then press the m button.
The [AF Frame] is pressed
halfway. Choose an option.
images/sec.)
Description
W Continuous
The camera shoots continuously with the self-timer (p. 58). • Continuous shooting speed increases in manual focus. Continuous Shooting LV*
The camera shoots continuously with the...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 95
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... appear when using the digital zoom (p. 55), digital tele-converter (p. 56), Tracking AF (p. 92), Servo AF (see below) or when using the self-timer (p. 58).
95 Focus. z The focus and exposure will be maintained
where the blue AF frame appears while you press the shutter button halfway.
• The camera may not turn blue even after...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 120
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...used to choose [On]. However, depending on the Shooting mode, settings may not be recorded. • Using the Self-Timer (p. 58) • Adjusting the White Balance (p. 83) • Changing the Tone of an Image (My ...not have any effect. • Zooming in Manual Focus Mode (p. 96) • Turning Off the AF Assist Beam (p. 171) • Displaying Grid Lines (p. 173) • Changing the IS-Mode ...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 184
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... 88) Drive Mode (p. 87) Self-Timer (p. 58) Camera Shake Warning (p. 26) Metering Method (p. 97) GPS Reception Status
(p. 103) SX230 HS
Compression (p. 60), Recording Pixels (p. 60)
Still Images: Recordable Shots (p. 18) AF Frame (p. 90) Movies: Recording Pixels (p. 116) Remaining Time (p. 30) Spot AE Point Frame (p. 97) Digital Zoom Magnification (p. 55) / Digital Tele-converter (p. 56) Shooting...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 199
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...Self-timer, Face Self-timer *6 Also available for Camera File system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant
Data Type Still Images Exif 2.3 (JPEG) Movies MOV (Image data: H.264; Audio data: Linear PCM (stereo))
GPS Log File NMEA 0183 message format compliant SX230 HS...movies
Digital Zoom Still images/Movies: Approx. 4.0x (up to approx. 56x in combination with the optical zoom) Safety Zoom, Digital tele-...
PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS Camera User Guide - Page 202
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... Image 57
202
Changing 20 Setting 19 World Clock 169 Default Settings 51 DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk 2 Digital Tele-Converter 56 Digital Zoom 55 Display Language 21 DPOF 159 Drive Mode 87 Dynamic Mode 173
... Shift 119 Eye-Fi Card 16, 177
F
Face Detect (AF Frame Mode 91 Face Self-Timer (Shooting Mode 77 Factory Settings J Default Settings FE Lock 98, 184 File Numbering 167 ...
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