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Canon Power Shot SD30 manual

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    Prep arations Shooting Playback/Erasing Menus and Settings Printing Downloading Images to a Computer CDI-E198-010 XX05XX X Camer a User Guide Please Read This First This guide ex plains how to prepare the camera and use its basic fe atures. © 2005 CANON INC. PRINTED IN JAP AN ENGLISH Basic Cov-Basic.fm Page 1 Tuesday, J une 21, 2005 4:44 PM[...]

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    The following guides are availabl e. Refer to them as necessary according to the flowchart below . Flowc har t and Ref erence Guides System Map Basic Camera User Guide (This Guide) • Read this first. Advanced Camera User Guide Direct Print User Guide Basic Camera User Guide (This Guide) Software Starter Guide ZoomBrowser EX/ ImageBrowser Software[...]

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    1 1. Installing the Battery . 1. Slide the memory card slot/bat tery cover and open it ( , ). 2. Push the bat tery lock in the direction of th e arrow ( ) , alig n the symbol on the batter y and inside of the memory card slot/battery cover and insert the battery until it locks into place ( ) . T o remove the battery , push the battery lock in the d[...]

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    2 1. Connect the compact power adapter's DC plug to the DC IN terminal of the camera station. Ensure that the symbol on the DC plug is on the top and align it with the symbol on the camera station. 2. (For CA-DC20) Draw out the compact power adapter's power plug ( ) and plug it into a power outlet ( ). (For CA-DC20E) Attach the power cord[...]

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    3 3. Inserting the Memory Card. 1. Slide the memory card slot/bat tery cover and open it. 2. Insert the memory card unti l it clicks into place. 3. Close the memory card slot/b attery cover .  T o Remo v e the Memor y Car d Use a fin ger to push the memory card in unti l you hear a click, t hen release it. Ensure that the memory card is correctl[...]

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    4 Fir st Time Settings  Setting the Date/Time 1. Press the power button ( ). 2. Use the or button to select an i tem and the or button to change its value ( ). T o set the daylight saving option, use the or button to display . 3. Confirm that the correct tim e is displayed and press the FUNC./SET button ( ). The date and time can also be set in [...]

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    5 1. Press the power button. The start-up sound will play and the start- up image will display in the LCD monitor . • Pressing the power button again tu rns the pow er of f. • T o switch to the setting that mutes all sounds (except for the war ning sound), press and hold the MENU button while pressing the po wer button. 2. Set the shooting mode[...]

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    6 4. Focus and shoot. 1. Press the shutter button halfway to focus. When the camera focuses, the camera beeps twice and the indicator lights green. 2. Press the shutter button fully t o shoot. The shutter sound will play and the image will record. The indicator will blink green while th e image is reco rded to the memo ry card. R e viewing an Ima g[...]

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    7 Basic Shooting Functions  Selecting a Shooting Mo de 1. Slide the mode switch t o (Rec.) or (Movie) ( ). 2. Press the FUNC./SET butto n ( ) and use the or button ( ) to select th e shooting mode. For a scene mode (p. 8), select the (default setting ) and press the MENU button to select the desired mode. 3. Press the FUNC./SET butto n ( ).  [...]

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    8 Landscape Y ou can shoot wide, expansive scenes. Night Snapshot Allows y ou to tak e snapshots of people against twili ght or night backgrounds by reducing the effects of camera shake even without using a t ripod. My Colors Allows you to change t he image colors easily wit h 9 modes. Scene Mode By simply sel ecting one of the fo llowing shootin g[...]

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    9 Movie  Using the Zoom 1. Press the or button. The zoom can be adjusted from 38 – 90 mm (focal length) in 35mm film equivalent terms. Wide Ang le: Zooms out from the subject. T elephoto : Zooms in on the subject. Movie Shoots a movie when you press the shutter but ton. Y ou can sel ect from three modes: [ S tandard], [Compact] convenient for [...]

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    10  Using the Flash 1. Press the button to cycle through flash settings. Flash settings cannot be used in some shooting modes.  Shooting Close-Ups 1. Select (Macro) from the FUNC. menu (p. 7). This records flowers and other small objects large and up close. Image Are a at Minimum Shooting Dist ance from E nd of Lens to Subject • Maximum wid[...]

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    11 1. Slide the mode switch to (playback). The last recorded image will appear in the LCD monitor . 2. Use the or button to dis- play the image you wish to view. Use the button to move to the previous image and the button to move the next image. Holding the button down advances the images more rapidly , but shows them less clearly . 1. In the playb[...]

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    12 Settings fo r the shootin g or playba ck modes or such camera settings as the date/ti me and sounds are set using the FUNC., Rec. , Play , Set up or My Camera menu. FUNC. Menu This menu set s many of t he common shootin g functions. Slide the mode switch t o or . Press the FUNC./SET bu tton. Use the or button to select a menu item. • Some item[...]

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    13 R ec., Play , Set up and My Camera Menus Convenie nt settings f or shooti ng or playba ck can be s et with thes e menus. Press the MENU button. Use the or button to switch between menus. Use the or button to select a me nu item. • Some items may not be selectable in some shooting modes. Use the or button to sele ct an option. • Menu items fo[...]

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    14 Y ou can ea sily print by connecting the camera t o a direct pri nt compa tible printer *1 with a cable and simply pressing the button on th e camera or wireless controller. 1. Set the camera securely into the camera station. 2. Connect the camera to a Direct Pri nt comp atible printer and turn on the printer 's power . • Slide the mode s[...]

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    15 3. Confirm that , or is displayed in the uppe r left of the LCD monitor ( ). • The button will light blue. • The displayed icon will vary ac cording to the print er model. 4. Use the or button to select an image to print ( ) and press the wireless controller's or the camera's button () . • The camera's button will blink blue[...]

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    16 The following methods can be used t o download images recorded by the camera to a compute r . Some methods , depending on the OS used, may not be availabl e. Please rea d Syste m Requirements (p. 17 ) in advance.  Camera to Comput er Connection * Please also see the Windows XP and Mac OS X Users leaflet.  Using a Memor y Car d R eader A me[...]

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    17 System R equir ements Please install the soft ware on a computer meet ing the following mini mum requirements.  W indo ws  Macintosh OS Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) Windows Me Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Windows XP (including Serv ice Pack 1 and Service Pack 2) Computer Mode l The above OS should be pre-install ed on computers with built[...]

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    18 Preparing to Download Images  Items to Prepare • Camera an d computer • Camera statio n (wireless contro ller) • Canon Digit al Camera So lution Disk sup plied with th e camera • Interfac e cable supplied with the camera 1. Inst all the software. 1. Place the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk in the computer's CD-ROM drive. 2. C[...]

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    19 2. Connecting the camera to a comput er . 1. Connect the supplied interface cable to the compu ter's USB port and to the DIGIT AL terminal on the camera st ation. 2. Slide the camera's mode switch to (playback), place it securely in the camera station and turn on its power . The camera and computer will be able to communicate. • Alwa[...]

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    20 Downlo ading Images to a Computer A window allo wing you to set the pre ferences will app ear when a connection is establishe d between the camer a and computer . 1. Select [Canon CameraWindow] and click [OK] (fi rst time only). 2. Download the images. • Download the images using the camera or the computer . • By default, the downloaded imag[...]

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    21 Downl oading Images to a Computer The followin g window will appear when you establish a conne ction between the ca mera and computer. If it fails to appear , click the [Canon CameraWindow] icon on the Dock (the bar which appears at the bottom of the desktop). 1. Download the imag es. Thumbnails (small versions) of the downloaded images will dis[...]

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    22 Downloading Images Using the Camer a (Direct T ransfer) Use this meth od to download images using camera opera tions. Install the s upplied softwa re and adjust the computer s ettings befor e using this method for the first time ( p. 18). Images can be downloaded using t he wireless contr oller (p. 24) or the camera's bu ttons. 1. Confirm t[...]

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    23  Select & T r ansfer/W allpaper 2. Select or and press the button (or the FUNC./SET button). 3. Select images to download and press the button (or the FUNC./SET button). • The images will download. The button will blink blue while downlo ading is in progress. • Images can also be selected during index playback ( Advanced Guide (p. 70)[...]

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    24 Installing the Batter y Insert the lithium coin battery (CR202 5) into the wi reless con troller befo re use. 1. Slip a fingernail into ( ) and press in the direction of the arrow while sl ipping another fingernail into ( ) and removing the battery holder . 2. Place the battery in the holder with the "+" side up ( ) and replace the ho [...]

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    Safe ty Precautions Be sure to read , understand and follow t he safety precau tions below when using the came ra, in order to prev ent injury , burns or electric al shock to your self and others . Be sure to also read the safe ty precautions listed in the Advanced Camera User Guide . War nings • Do not tr igger the flas h in close proximit y to [...]