User manual CANON POWERSHOT SX20IS

[. . . ] Camera User Guide ENGLISH · Make sure you read this guide before using the camera. · Store this guide safely so that you can use it in the future. Checking the Package Contents Check if the following items are included in your camera package. If anything is missing, contact the retailer from which you purchased the camera. Camera AA-size Alkaline Batteries (×4) Interface Cable IFC-400PCU Stereo Video Cable STV-250N Neck Strap NS-DC4 Lens Cap Lens Hood LH-DC50 Getting Started DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk Warranty Card "Canon Customer Support" Leaflet Using the PDF Manuals Also refer to the PDF manuals on the CD-ROM. After installation, shortcut icons appear on the desktop. [. . . ] You can only swap one color. Choose Y. Follow Step 1 on p. 59 to choose Y. Press the l button. The unchanged image and the Color Swap image will both display. gray. The default setting is to change green to Specify the color to be swapped. Position the center frame so it is filled with the color you want and press the q button. The specified color will be recorded. Specify the target color. Position the center frame so it is filled with the color you want and press the r button. The specified color will be recorded. 104 Shooting Stitch Assist Images Specify the range of colors to be swapped. Press the op buttons or turn the  dial to adjust the range of colors affected. Choose a negative value to limit the range of colors. Choose a positive value to extend the range of colors to similar colors. Pressing the l button accepts the setting and restores the shooting screen. · Using the flash may cause unexpected results in this mode. · Under some conditions, the image may appear coarse. Shooting Stitch Assist Images Large subjects can be split into several shots that can later be merged together using the included software on a computer to create a panoramic image. Set the mode dial to L. Choose a shooting direction. Turn the  dial. : Left to right horizontally. Shoots 4 images from the upper left in a clockwise direction. The exposure and white balance will be set with the first shot. Take the first shot. 105 Shooting Stitch Assist Images Take subsequent shots. Overlap part of the first shot when taking the second shot. Minor discrepancies in the overlapping portions will be corrected when the images are merged. Up to 26 shots can be recorded with the same procedures. (Except for images shot clockwise. ) Finish shooting. Press the m button. Merge the images on a computer. For details on how to merge the images, refer to the Software Guide. · This function is not available when a TV is used as the monitor (p. · To use AF lock, register % to the button (p. 149). 106 6 Using Various Functions for Shooting Movies This chapter provides more advanced information than the "Shooting Movies" and "Viewing Movies" sections of Chapter 1. · This chapter assumes that the mode dial is set to E. However, even if the mode dial is set to a position other than E, movies can be shot by pressing the movie button. Shooting Movies in Modes Other than E · Some of the settings previously set in menus such as the FUNC. menus may be changed to those of the movie recording mode. Make these settings while while shooting. · When you finish shooting a movie, the settings will return to those before the movie was shot. · When shooting in Color Accent (p. 104) modes, choose the color you wish to leave, or the color to change before pressing the movie button. 107 Changing the Image Quality You can choose between three image quality settings. Choose the image quality. After pressing the m button, press the op buttons to choose . Choose an option. Press the qr buttons or turn the  dial to choose an option, and press the m button. The setting will display on the screen. Image Quality Table Image Quality (Recording Pixels/Frame Rate) Content 1280 x 720 pixels, 30 frames/sec. [. . . ] 105 Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 13 Sunset (Scene Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Super Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 V Video Movies Viewing (Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]