User manual CANON POWERSHOT SD300

[. . . ] ENGLISH DIGITAL CAMERA Camera User Guide Camera User Guide Please read the Read This First section (p. Please also read the Software Starter Guide and the Direct Print User Guide. CDI-E157-010 XXXXXXX © 2004 CANON INC. PRINTED IN JAPAN Flowchart and Reference Guides This Guide Shooting with the Camera Software Starter Guide Installing the Software This Guide Connecting the Camera to a Computer This Guide Software Starter Guide Downloading Images to a Computer Direct Print User Guide Printer User Guide Using the Printer and Printing Use of genuine Canon accessories is recommended. This product is designed to achieve excellent performance optimally when used with genuine Canon accessories. [. . . ] There is no shutter sound in movie mode. You can adjust the exposure compensation setting before shooting. Press the button to lock the exposure setting (AE lock) and display the exposure compensation bar in the LCD monitor. Use the or button to adjust the setting. The exposure compensation setting will cancel if you press the MENU button or change the white balance, photo effect or shooting mode. · The recording time and capacity may vary according to camera usage and SD card performance. If free space in the camera's internal memory becomes too scarce, even if there is surplus recording time or capacity available, the "!" symbol will display at the bottom right of the LCD monitor in red and the camera will automatically cease filming shortly thereafter. If the "!" warning displays frequently, try the following procedures. - Reformat the SD card before filming (p. 28) - Set the resolution to (320 x 240) or the frame rate to (15 frames/sec. ) - Use a high-speed SD card (SDC-512MSH, etc. ) · QuickTime 3. 0 or later is required to play back movie files (AVI/Motion JPEG) on a computer. QuickTime (for Windows) is included on the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk. On the Macintosh platform, this program is generally bundled with Mac OS 8. 5 or later operating systems. 80 Changing the Frame Rate In the (Standard) mode, you can select between one of two frame rates (number of frames recorded each second): (30 frames/sec. ) or (15 frames/sec. ). 1 In the FUNC. menu, select * The current setting is displayed. *. · See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 49). Shooting 2 Use the or or . button to select You can shoot the image right after selecting settings by pressing the shutter button. The menu displays again after the shot, allowing you to change the settings easily. 3 Press the FUNC. /SET button. The display will return to the shooting screen. 81 Shooting Panoramic Images (Stitch Assist) Shooting Mode Stitch Assist can be used to shoot overlapping images that can later be merged (stitched) to create one panoramic image on a computer. The overlapping seams of several adjacent images can be joined into a single panoramic image. To merge the images on a computer, use PhotoStitch, one of the supplied programs. Framing a Subject The PhotoStitch program detects the overlapping portions of adjoining images and merges them. When shooting, try to include a distinctive item (landmark) in the overlapping portions. 82 · Compose each frame so that it overlaps 30 - 50% of the adjoining image. Try to keep the vertical misalignment to less than 10% of the image height. · Do not include moving items in the overlap. · Do not try to stitch images that include both distant and close items. These items may appear warped or doubled up in the merged image. · Make the brightness in each image consistent. The final image will appear unnatural if the contrast in brightness is too great. [. . . ] This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. · Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. [. . . ]