User manual CANON POWERSHOT A85

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[. . . ] · On*/Off Reference Page 25 Power Saving 26 Date/Time Format File No. Reset Auto Rotate * Default setting 22 21 114 89 70 Shooting ­ Advanced Functions Item Distance Units Setting Content Sets the format of the MF indicator's displayed distance units. · m/cm* · ft/in Sets the language used in the menus and messages on the LCD monitor. · English* · Italiano · Deutsch · Norsk · Français · Svenska · Nederlands · Español · Dansk · Chinese · Suomi · Japanese You can change the language during image playback by holding the SET button and pressing the MENU button. · NTSC · PAL Reference Page 89 Language 24 Video System * Default setting 113 71 Shooting ­ Advanced Functions Customizing the Camera (My Camera Settings) You can select the theme, start-up image and sound, shutter sound, operation sound and self-timer sound used on this camera. You can also customize the and options for each item with images from the CF card and newly recorded sounds or by using the supplied software. See the Canon Digital Camera Software Starter Guide Disk for details. Item/Menu Screen Theme Start-up Image Start-up Sound Operation Sound Self-timer Sound Shutter Sound My Camera menu settings content * Default setting Setting Content Selects a common theme for the start-up image, startup sound, shutter sound, operation sound, and self-timer sound. *1 Sets Start-up image when you turn on the camera. Sets the start-up sound when you turn on the camera. *1 Sets the sound when any button other than the shutter button is operated. *1 Sets the sound informing you that the photo will be taken in 2 seconds. *1 Sets the shutter sound when you press the shutter button. There is no shutter sound in Movie mode. *1 (Off)/ */ / Reference Page 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 (My Camera)] menu are related *1 How the [Mute] setting in the [ 72 To turn off the start-up sound, the shutter sound, operation sound, and self-timer sound all at once, set [Mute] in the [ (Set up)] menu to [On]. This setting overrides each setting for those sounds. Note that the error warning signal beeps even when the [Mute] setting is [On]. (Set up)] menu and each sound setting in the [ Shooting ­ Advanced Functions Resetting the Settings to Default You can reset the menu and button operation settings to default. 1 2 3 Turn on the camera. Can be performed from Shooting or Playback mode. Press the MENU button for longer than 5 seconds. The message "Reset settings to default?" appears on the LCD monitor. The following settings do not reset to default. - Date/Time, Language and Video System in the [ (Set up)] menu (p. 82) - Newly registered My Camera settings (p. 115) When the camera is connected to a computer or a printer, this operation does not work. Press or to select [OK], and press the SET button. The screen on the right appears while resetting. The normal screen resumes when resetting is complete. To cancel resetting, select [Cancel] instead of [OK]. 73 Shooting ­ Advanced Functions Using the Mode Dial (Creative Zone) Mode Dial You can freely select camera settings such as the shutter speed and aperture value to suit your shooting purposes. After settings are made, shooting procedures are the same as for the mode (p. See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 159) at the end of this manual to find out which settings can be changed in which shooting modes. How to Use the Mode Dial If the LCD monitor is on, the shutter speed and aperture value appear automatically. , and mode settings are made the following way. : Select a shutter speed using or , press the SET button and select an or . [. . . ] Advanced Technique for the Macro Mode (p. 44) Macro mode can make unique images when used with the zoom function. For example, shooting a flower at maximum wide angle in Macro mode allows the camera to bring both the flower and the background into focus. However, shooting at maximum telephoto can throw the background out of focus to make the flower stand out. Macro with the wide angle zoom Macro with the telephoto zoom How to Adjust the Exposure (p. [. . . ]