Canon PowerShot A580- User Manual

Canon PowerShot A580

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Confirming the Package Contents
  • Page 3 – This guide is divided into the following two sections.; Learning More; The PDF Manuals are included in the supplied CD-ROM.
  • Page 4 – Table of Contents; Items marked with a; Components Guide
  • Page 5 – Shooting Using the Mode Dial; Check the Focus and Facial Expressions of Subjects
  • Page 7 – Symbol Conventions in this Guide; About this Guide; : This mark denotes issues that may affect the camera’s
  • Page 8 – Please Read; Test Shots
  • Page 9 – Video Format; Please see; Camera Body Temperature
  • Page 11 – Getting Started
  • Page 12 – Preparations; Slide and hold the battery cover lock (; Installing the Batteries and Memory
  • Page 13 – Insert the memory card until it clicks into place.
  • Page 14 – Open the cover and remove the batteries.; To Remove the Memory Card; Take care that you do not drop the batteries.
  • Page 15 – or; To Change a Previously Set Date/Time; Setting the Date and Time
  • Page 16 – Set the mode switch to; Setting the Display Language
  • Page 17 – Shooting Still Images; • The start-up sound will play and the start-up image will display in; Select a shooting mode.; Set the mode switch to; Aim the camera at the subject.; • When the camera focuses, it beeps twice and the indicator lights.; Avoiding Camera Shake
  • Page 18 – • If you hold the shutter button down after a shot, the image will; To Shoot Images in Focus; Mute Setting; When you hold down the
  • Page 19 – Set the mode dial to; MENU
  • Page 20 – Viewing Still Images
  • Page 21 – Erasing
  • Page 22 – Printing; Connect the camera to a direct print compatible printer.; Direct Print User Guide
  • Page 23 – Press the; Printing Images in a Print List; Connect the camera to the printer.
  • Page 24 – Embedding the Date in the Image Data; • The image size is fixed to the 2M (1600 × 1200) setting and the; • You can also make this setting in other shooting modes
  • Page 25 – Select
  • Page 26 – Shooting Movies
  • Page 28 – Viewing Movies; • Images with a; Use the or button to select; button
  • Page 29 – Downloading Images to a Computer; We recommend to use the supplied software.; Items to Prepare; Windows
  • Page 30 – Installing the software.; Place the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk in the; Macintosh; Preparing to Download Images
  • Page 31 – Connecting the camera to a computer.; Connect the supplied interface cable to the computer’s; Preparing to download images to the computer.
  • Page 32 – Open the CameraWindow.
  • Page 33 – Downloading Images Using the Camera
  • Page 34 – All Images
  • Page 35 – • The images will download. The; • You will return to the Direct Transfer
  • Page 36 – System Map; Supplied with Camera
  • Page 38 – • AC Adapter Kit ACK800; Optional Accessories
  • Page 39 – • SD Memory Card; Use this cable to connect the camera to a TV set.
  • Page 40 – For more information, visit your nearest Canon retailer.; Direct Print Compatible Printers
  • Page 42 – Front View
  • Page 43 – Back View; Using the Viewfinder
  • Page 44 – Controls
  • Page 45 – Green; • Lower Indicator; Indicators
  • Page 46 – Basic Operations; This menu sets many of the common shooting functions.; Menus and Settings; Some items may not be selectable in some shooting modes.; Use the or button to select an option for; • You can select further options with the
  • Page 48 – Shooting Mode; Information Displayed on the LCD
  • Page 49 – About the Battery Charge Indicator
  • Page 53 – Set up Menu
  • Page 54 – Print Method
  • Page 55 – Switching LCD Monitor Display Modes; Information Displayed on the LCD Monitor and Menus; Using the LCD Monitor
  • Page 56 – Night Display
  • Page 57 – Using the Optical Zoom; Press the zoom lever; Using the Digital Zoom/; Commonly Used Shooting Functions
  • Page 59 – Shooting with the Digital Zoom
  • Page 62 – To Cancel the Macro Mode:
  • Page 64 – Changing the Delay Time and Number of Shots ( )
  • Page 65 – Approximate Values for Recording Pixels; Changing the Recording Pixels; Select the recording pixels.
  • Page 66 – Approximate Values for Compression Settings; Select a compression; Memory Cards and Estimated Capacities
  • Page 67 – Adjusting the ISO Speed
  • Page 68 – The camera automatically selects settings.; Mode Dial
  • Page 69 – Shooting Modes for Specific Scenes; Set the mode dial to ,; Portrait
  • Page 72 – Shooting in the Manual Mode
  • Page 73 – Movie Shooting; Standard
  • Page 75 – You can use digital zoom during the movie shooting in
  • Page 77 – To Cancel Continuous Shooting:; Continuous Shooting; Advanced Shooting Functions
  • Page 78 – Flash Settings; Setting the Flash; About Red-Eye Correction
  • Page 80 – Zooming the AF Frame and Shooting; Checking the Focus and Peoples’
  • Page 81 – Press the shutter button halfway.; • Pressing the shutter button halfway zooms a section of the; Press the shutter button fully to shoot.
  • Page 82 – Checking Focus Right After Shooting
  • Page 84 – Selecting an AF Frame Mode
  • Page 85 – Face Detect Feature; - Faces turned to the side or at a diagonal, or faces with a portion
  • Page 86 – Selecting a Subject to Focus On (Face; Select a face you wish to focus on.
  • Page 87 – ) of main subject will change into; button is pressed to display the menu
  • Page 89 – Press the shutter button halfway and press the; makes
  • Page 90 – Turn on the LCD monitor.
  • Page 91 – Shooting with FE Lock
  • Page 92 – To Cancel the Exposure Compensation:; Adjusting the Exposure Compensation; Adjust the exposure
  • Page 93 – Switching between Metering Modes; Change the metering mode.
  • Page 94 – Setting a Slow Shutter Speed; Select the Long Shutter
  • Page 96 – Select a white balance
  • Page 97 – Using the Custom White Balance
  • Page 99 – Shooting in a My Colors Mode; Select a My Colors setting.
  • Page 101 – Setting the Display Overlays
  • Page 102 – Categorizing Images Automatically
  • Page 103 – Registering Settings to the
  • Page 105 – To Cancel the Magnified Display:; Viewing Magnified Images
  • Page 106 – To Return to Single Image Playback:; Viewing Images in Sets of Nine (Index
  • Page 107 – Displaying the Focus Check; Check the Focus and Facial Expressions
  • Page 108 – Changing the Display Size and Switching Frames; To Cancel Changing the Display Position:; Switching Frames
  • Page 109 – Jumping to Images; In single image playback mode, press the
  • Page 111 – Organizing Images by Category
  • Page 113 – Operating the Movie Control Panel
  • Page 114 – Rotating Images in the Display
  • Page 115 – Playback with Transition Effects
  • Page 117 – Red-Eye Correction Function
  • Page 119 – Display the saved image.
  • Page 122 – Resizing Images
  • Page 124 – Attaching Sound Memos to Images
  • Page 125 – Sound Memo Panel
  • Page 126 – Protecting Images
  • Page 127 – Erasing All Images
  • Page 128 – Print Settings/Transfer Settings; Setting the Print Style; Setting the DPOF Print Settings
  • Page 130 – Single Images
  • Page 131 – All the Images on a Memory Card
  • Page 132 – Software Starter Guide; Setting the DPOF Transfer Settings; Select an order method.
  • Page 134 – Configuring the Camera; Power Saving Function
  • Page 136 – Formatting Memory Cards; Low Level Format
  • Page 137 – Resetting the File Number
  • Page 138 – File and Folder Numbers
  • Page 139 – Creating a Folder the Next Time You Shoot
  • Page 141 – Setting the Auto Rotate Function
  • Page 143 – Shooting/Playback Using a TV; • Open the terminal cover and plug; Connecting to a TV
  • Page 145 – Camera will not operate.; Troubleshooting
  • Page 146 – Sounds come from the camera interior.; When the power is turned on; Replace the lithium date battery; LCD monitor
  • Page 147 – A bar of light (purplish red) appears on the LCD; Raise the ISO speed
  • Page 148 – Shooting; Camera will not record.
  • Page 149 – . Take care not to obstruct the; Subject in recorded image is too dark.; Set the built-in flash to; Subject in recorded image is too bright, or image
  • Page 151 – Continuous shooting slows down.
  • Page 152 – Shooting movies; The recording time may not display properly or
  • Page 153 – Playback; Images cannot be edited.; Some images shot with another camera cannot be edited.; Movies do not play back correctly.
  • Page 154 – Battery; Batteries consumed quickly.; See; If using Canon AA-size NiMH batteries; Replace both batteries with new ones.; TV monitor output; Image is distorted or not showing on TV monitor.
  • Page 155 – Printing with a direct print compatible; Cannot print; Turn on the printer power.
  • Page 156 – List of Messages; No memory card; The SD memory card or SDHC memory card is write protected; Memory card error; . However, if this error message appears; Memory card full
  • Page 157 – Incompatible JPEG; You attempted to play back a different type of RAW image.; Unidentified Image
  • Page 160 – Appendix; Safety Precautions; Equipment; Store this equipment out of the reach of children and infants.; • Wrist strap: Placement of the strap around the child’s neck could
  • Page 162 – The batteries should not be immersed in water or sea water.
  • Page 163 – Others; Such items may lose data or stop working.
  • Page 164 – Cautions; Be careful not to bump or strongly push the end of the lens.; The above-mentioned could lead to injury or damage the equipment.; Do not store the equipment in humid or dusty areas.
  • Page 165 – Flash; Doing so could result in burns.
  • Page 166 – Preventing Malfunctions
  • Page 167 – The partially used batteries may leak.; Do not install the batteries with their terminals (; The batteries may be short circuited.; Memory Card; SD Memory Card or SDHC Memory Card
  • Page 169 – Using Rechargeable Batteries; • Do not insert and charge additional batteries once charging has
  • Page 173 – Using an Externally Mounted Flash (Sold
  • Page 174 – Batteries; Charge becomes Severely Limited
  • Page 175 – Replacing the Date Battery
  • Page 177 – Camera Body; Camera Care and Maintenance
  • Page 178 – Specifications
  • Page 182 – Battery Capacity; Test Conditions
  • Page 183 – Recording Pixels
  • Page 184 – Movie
  • Page 185 – MultiMediaCard
  • Page 186 – Compact Power Adapter CA-PS800
  • Page 187 – Index; Numerics
  • Page 188 – Memory Cards
  • Page 191 – Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode
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Page 2 - Confirming the Package Contents

Confirming the Package Contents The following items are included in the package. If something is missing please contact the retail outlet at which you purchased the product. You may not be able to achieve the full performance of this camera with the included memory card. g a b d e h Camera AA-size A...

Page 3 - This guide is divided into the following two sections.; Learning More; The PDF Manuals are included in the supplied CD-ROM.

Let’s Get Started! 1 Let’s Get Started! This guide is divided into the following two sections. This section explains how to prepare the camera for use and the basics of shooting, viewing and printing images. Start out by familiarizing yourself with the camera and mastering the basics. Once you have ...

Page 4 - Table of Contents; Items marked with a; Components Guide

Table of Contents 2 Table of Contents Items marked with a are lists or charts that summarize camera functions or procedures. Please Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Components Guide 40 Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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