Canon S 315 Bedienungsanleitung

Safety Precautions Be sure to read, underst and and fo llow the safety prec autions bel ow when using the camer a, in orde r to prev ent injury , burns or electric al shock to yourself and othe rs. Be sure to als o read the safety precautions l isted in the Advanced Camera User Guide . War nings • Do not trigge r the flash in close proximit y to [...]

0 Flo wc har t and Re fe rence Guides The followin g guides are avai lable. Refer to t hem as necessary ac cording to the flowc hart bel ow . * SD stand s for Secure Digital, a copyrig ht protection system. Y ou can use SD* memory cards and MultiMediaCards with this camera. These card s are collectively called memory card s in this guide. For in fo[...]

1 Preparati ons Installin g the Batte r y and Memor y Card 1 Insert the batteries. 1. Open th e batte ry co ver ( a , b ). 2. Inser t four AA-size a lkaline bat teries supplied or separately sold nickel metal hydride (N iMH) batte ries, then clo se the co ver . 2 Slide the memory card slot co ver ( a ) and open it ( b ). Inser t the memory card unt[...]

2 Prep ar ation s T o Remove the Memory Card Use your fin ger to push the memory card in until you hear a click, th en release it. Fir st Time Settings Opening the LCD Monitor Use the LCD monito r to confirm images while shoot ing them, navig ate menus, and pla y back images. Y ou can pos ition th e LCD monitor in the following ways. 1. O pened fro[...]

3 3. Fol d the LCD monit or ba ck agai nst th e camera b ody until it c licks into plac e. When yo u push the LC D monitor unt i l you hear the clicking so und, the left and right of the image will display correctly . T urning the Power On/Off 1 T urn the mode lever to (Shootin g ) or (Playback) while pressing the release button. The pow er/mode in[...]

4 Setting the Date /Time 1 T u rn the camera on (p. 3). 2 Select the i tem you wish to set using t he W or X button and set its value using the S or T butto n ( a ). 3 Confirm that the correct time is displayed and press the SET b utton ( b ). The date /time can also be se t in the Set up menu (p. 16 ). z Y o u will hear a start-up soun d and see t[...]

5 Setting the Dis play Langua ge 1 T urn the mode lever to (Playback) wh i le pressing the release button ( a ). 2 Hold down the S ET button ( b ) and press the MENU button ( c ). This ope ration cannot be perfor med durin g mo vie p laybac k, i n the ju mp search m ode ( Advanced Gu i de : p. 94) or whil e co nnect ed t o a pr in ter or co mput er[...]

6 Shoo ting Shoot ing (Still I mages) 1 T u rn the mo de lever to (Shoot i ng) while p ressing the release button (p. 3). 2 Set the mode dial to . 3 Aim the camera at the subject. 4 Focus and shoot. 1. Pre ss the shutte r button lig htly (half way) to focu s. z T wo beeps will so und when the came ra has fin i shed focusing, and the AF frame appear[...]

7 Shoo ting Re view ing an Image Right After Shooting Aft er a shot is taken, the image appears in th e LCD monitor for approxima tely 2 second s. T o overri de this time limit and continue displa ying the image, us e one of the following met hods: z Keep the sh utter button fully depressed af ter taking th e shot. z Press the SET or DISP . button [...]

8 Basi c Shoo ting Functi ons Basic S hooting Functi ons Selecting a Sh ooting Mode Use the mode dial to selec t the Shooting modes. Mode Dia l Image Zone Portrai t Blur s the back groun d and m akes a person s tand out. Landsc ape Shoots s pacious lan dscape scen es. Night Scene All ows you to c apture huma n subjec ts against the backdrop of an e[...]

9 Sp ecial Scene Items T urn the mode dia l to , and use the W or X but ton to sele ct a shootin g mode. Folia ge Shoots trees and leav es - such as ne w growth, autumn leaves or bl ossoms - in vivid colors. Snow Shoots without a blue tinge and wit hout making peop le appear dar k against a snowy back ground. Beach Shoots without makin g people app[...]

10 Movie Mode Items Y ou can select fro m 5 differ ent recordi ng pixels/fr ame rate settin gs and shoot movies . The following movie modes are available: Color Accent (for shooting in black a nd white except for specified col ors), Color Swap (fo r changing a spec ified color int o another) of mode and My Colors of FUNC. menu. Creative Z one Items[...]

11 Using the Flash 1 Raise the fl ash manually , an d shoot. 2 When you are not using the fl ash, lo w er th e flash until it closes. z Distance ra nges for sho oting with th e flash are 50 cm to 5.2 m (W) (1. 6 ft. to 17 ft.) (W ) and 90 cm to 4 .0 m (3.0 ft. to 13 ft.) (T) (whe n in ISO speed is set to Auto, excl uding Macro and Super Ma cro mode[...]

12 Shooting Close- Ups (Macro/Super Macro) Use this mode to shoot c lose-ups of flo wers or small items . (Close-up s cannot be ta ken in some shooting modes.) Setting the Red-e ye Reduction Function 1 (Rec.) Menu [Red-Eye] [On]*/[Off ]. See Menus an d Settings (p . 15) * Default setting. button When y ou pres s this button, app ears on the LCD m o[...]

13 Macro Mode Shooting dist ance a nd image area whe n shoot ing as close to the s ubject as possible Super Macro Mode Shooting dist ance a nd image area whe n shoot ing as close to the s ubject as possible Zoom l evel Shoot ing d istan ce When shooting as clos e to the su bject as possible Imag e area Distance betwee n front of len s and subj ect [...]

14 Playbac k 1 T u rn the mo de lever to (Playback) while pressing the release button. 2 Use the W or X button to select the image. z Use the W button to move to the previous image and the X bu tton to move th e next image. z Holding the but ton down advances the images mo re rapidly , but shows them less clearly . Era sing 1 T u rn the mo de lever[...]

15 Menu and Setti ngs Setting s during sho oting and playback and s uch camera set tings as the print, dat e/time, and sound sett ings are set us ing the FUNC. , Rec., Play , Print, Se t up, or My Camera menu s. FUNC. Menu From this menu you can specify recording pixels, compression, and other settings for shooting. Î See t he Advanc ed Guide : FU[...]

16 Menu an d Sett ings Rec./Play/Print/Se t up/ My Camera Menus Y ou can specify sett ings relate d to camera fu nctions fro m these menus : [ Rec. Menu ], [ Pla y Menu ], [ Print M enu], [ Se t up Men u], and [ My Camera Menu] . Î See t he A dvanced G uide : Menus and Setting s (p. 26) b c a T o switch b etween menu s ( a ) When the menu icon is [...]

17 Printing Connect t he camera to a d irect print compat ible pri nter* 1 with a cable and simply pre ss the button. 1 Connect the camera to a Canon Direct Print compatible printer and turn on the prin ter's power . *1 Since this camera uses a standar d protocol (PictBri dge), you can u se it with other PictBridge-co mpliant printe rs in addi[...]

18 Dow nloading Images to a Comput er The followin g methods can be us ed to download images recorded by the camera to a comput er . So me methods, depe nding on th e OS used, may not be availa ble. Please read System Requi rements (p. 19) in advance . Camera to Comp uter Connection Using a Memory Card Reader A memory card reader can be used with a[...]

19 System Re quirements Please install the software on a comp uter meet ing the following mini mum requirement s. OS Windows 98 S econd Edition (S E) Windows Me Windows 2000 Ser vice Pack 4 Windows XP (i ncluding Service Pack 1 and Service P ack 2) Compute r Model The above OS shoul d be pre-in stalled on co mputers with built-in USB ports. CPU Pen[...]

20 Preparing to Dow nload Images Items to Prep ar e z Came ra and computer z Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk supplied with the camera z Interfa ce cable suppl ied with the camera (always u se the supplied interface cable ) 1 Inst all the sof tware. 1. Plac e the Canon Digital Camera S olution Disk in the com puter's CD-ROM drive. 2. Clic k [...]

21 2 Connecting the camera to a computer . 1. Use t he supplied interface cable to co nnect the co mputer's U SB port to t he came ra's DIG IT AL t ermina l. With yo ur fingernail on th e upper edg e of the camera's DIGIT AL terminal cover, pull it forward to ope n it, and plug the inte rface cable in al l the wa y . When the power i[...]

22 Down loading Images to a Compu ter A window allowing you to set the prefer ences will appear when a connection is establishe d between the camer a and computer . 1 Select [Canon CameraWindow] and click [OK] (first time only). 2 Download the images. z Download the images us ing the cam era or the c omput er . z By default, th e downloaded im ages[...]

23 Downl oading Images to a Computer The follo wing windo w opens when you e stabl ish a con nection be tween the c amera and computer . If it fails to appear , click the [Canon CameraWindow] icon on the Dock (the ba r that displays at the bottom of the deskt op). 1 Download the i mages. z Download the images usi ng the camera or the comput er . z [...]

24 Downl oading Images Usi ng the Camera (Direct T ransfer) When communicat ion between th e camera and comput er is enabled, the button will li ght blue and th e Direct T ransfer menu is displayed on the camera's LCD monit or . At this point, images can be tr ansferr ed usin g camer a operat ions. Y ou can select the foll owing methods in the[...]

25 All Images /New Images /DPOF T ra ns. Images Selec t , or ( a ) with the S or T button an d press the butto n ( b ). The images will downlo ad. The button will blink blue while downloa ding is in progress. T o cancel t he download, pre ss the SET button. The display will return to the Direct T ransfer menu whe n the download is complet e. Select[...]