Canon Digital Camera SD890IS User Manual

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Camera User Guide

p. 9

Getting Started

Ensure that you read the Safety Precautions (pp. 205 – 213).

Let’s Get Started!

This guide is divided into the following two sections.

First...

p. 9

Getting Started

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.

Next...

p. 39

Learning More

Once you have mastered the basics, use the camera’s many features

to shoot more challenging photos. Details on using each function are

described in this section, including how to connect the camera to a

television to view images, and how to make My Camera settings.

Table of Contents

Items marked with a

or procedures.

are lists or charts that summarize camera functions

Please Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Getting Starte d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Shooting Still Images (

Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Viewing Still Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Erasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Embedding the Date in the Imag e Da ta . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Shooting Movies (

Sta ndard M ode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Viewing Movie s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Downloading Im ages to a C o mputer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

System M a p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Learning More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Components Guide

Using the Control Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using the Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

How to Use the Mode Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Basic Operations

Menus and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Information Displayed on the LCD Monitor and Menus . . . 50

Using the LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Commonly Used Shooting Functions

Using the Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using the Digital Zoom/ Digital Tele-Converter . . . . . . . . . 62

Magnified Close-Up Shooting (Digital Macro) . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Using the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Shooting Close-Ups/Infinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Changing the Recording Pixels (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . 70

Changing the Compression (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Setting the Image Stabilizer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Adjusting the ISO Spee d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4

Advanced Shooting Functions

Shooting Modes for Specific Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Shooting in Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Continuous Shootin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8

Setting the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Shooting Panoramic Image s (S titch A ss ist). . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Checking the Focus and P eoples ’ Expr es sions. . . . . . . . . 90

Selecting an AF F rame Mod e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Selecting a Subj ect to Foc us O n (Face Select and Track) 96

Shooting Hard-to-Focus Su bjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock ). 9 7

Locking t he Exposur e Se tting (AE Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Locking t he Flas h Exposure Setting (FE Lock) . . . . . . . . 100

Adjusting the E xposure Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Switching between Metering Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Setting the Shutter Speed (Long Shutter Mode) . . . . . . . 103

Adjusting the Tone (White Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Shooting in a My Colors Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Changing the Colors and Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Setting the Display Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Categorizing Images Automatically (Auto Category) . . . . 115

Registering Settings to the

Button . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Playback/Erasing

118

Viewing Magnified Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Viewing Images in Sets of Nine (Index Playback) . . . 119

Checking the Focus and Peoples’ Expressions (Focus

Check Display). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Jumping to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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Organizing Images by Category (My Category). . . . . . . . 124

Trimming a Portion of an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Viewing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Editing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Rotating Images in the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Playback with Transition Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Automated Playback (Slide Shows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Red-Eye Correction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Adding Effects with the My Colors Function . . . . . . . . . . 147

Resizing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Attaching Sound Memos to Image s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 51

Sound-Only Recording (Sound Recorder ). . . . . . . . . . . . 1 52

Protecting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Erasing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Registering Functions to the

Butto n . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Print Settings/Transfe r S ettin gs

165

Setting the DPO F Print Se ttin g s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Setting t h e DPOF Transfer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Configuring t he Camera

174

Power Sav in g F u nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Setting the World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Formatting Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Resetting the File Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Creating an Image Destination (Folder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Setting the Auto Rotate Functio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 83

Resetting Settings to Their Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Connecting to a TV

186

Shooting/Playback Using a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Customizing the Camera (My Camera Settings)

188

Changing My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Registering My Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Troubleshooting

191

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About this Guide

Symbol Conventions in this Guide

Mode dial position:

Auto ( )/Manual (

Special Scene (

Movie(

Playback (

Using the Flash

Available Shooting Modes

p. 238

Press the

button.

)

) button

Some functions may not be available in certain shooting modes.

If there is no notation to that effect, the function may be used in

all modes.

: This mark denotes issues that may affect the camera’s

operation.

: This mark denotes additional topics that complement the basic

operating procedures.

Explanations in this guide are based on the camera’s default settings

at time of purchase.

Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. As a result,

the illustrations and screenshots used in this guide may differ from the

actual camera.

You can use SD memory cards, SDHC (SD High Capacity) memory

cards, MultiMediaCards, MMCplus cards and HC MMCplus cards in

this camera. These memory cards are collectively referred to as

memory cards in this guide.

Please Read

Test Shots

Before you try to photograph important subjects, we highly recommend

that you shoot several trial images to confirm that the camera is

operating and being operated correctly.

Please note that Canon Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its

distributors are not liable for any consequential damages arising from

any malfunction of a camera or accessory, including memory cards,

that results in the failure of an image to be recorded or to be recorded

in a way that is machine readable.

Warning Against Copyright Infringement

Please note that Canon digital cameras are intended for personal use

and should never be used in a manner that infringes upon or

contravenes international or domestic copyright laws and regulations.

Please be advised that in certain cases the copying of images from

performances, exhibitions, or commercial properties by means of a

camera or other device may contravene copyright or other legal rights

even if the image was shot for personal use.

Warranty Limitations

This camera’s warranty is only effective in the country of sale. If a

problem arises while the camera is in use abroad, please convey it

back to the country of sale before proceeding with a warranty claim to

a Canon Customer Support Help Desk.

For Canon Customer Support contacts, please see the customer

support list supplied with your camera.

Please Read

Camera Body Temperature

If your camera is used for prolonged periods, the camera body

may become warm. Please be aware of this and take care when

operating the camera for an extended period.

About the LCD Monitor

The LCD monitor is produced with extremely high-precision

manufacturing techniques. More than 99.99% of the pixels

operate to specification. Less than 0.01% of the pixels may

occasionally misfire or appear as red or black dots. This has no

effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a

malfunction.

Video Format

Please set the camera’s video signal format to the one used in your

region before using it with a TV monitor (p. 186).

Language Setting

Please see Setting the Display Language (p. 15) to change the

language setting.

Getting Started

zPreparations

zShooting Still Images

zViewing Still Images

zErasing

zPrinting

zEmbedding the Date in the Image Data

zShooting Movies

zViewing Movies

zDownloading Images to a Computer

zSystem Map

Preparations

Charging the Battery

1.Insert the battery into the battery charger.

Align the S symbols.

2.Plug the battery charger (CB-2LX) into a power outlet, or

attach the power cord to the battery charger (CB-2LXE)

and plug it into a power outlet.

Battery charger model names and types vary by region.

Charge Indicator