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Canon SX150 IS manual

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  • Page 1

    Revised 10/01/2012 Over view  is handout cov ers the Canon P owerS hot SX150 IS camera and highlights some features and functionality . I t can be used as a basic point-and-shoot digital camera (just set the mode selector dial on the top of the camera to “ A uto ”). I t can also be used in manual mode for complete creative control, allowing [...]

  • Page 2

    Before y ou shoot checklist W e strongly recommend you follo w these steps every time you check out a camera from the S tudio F oundation cage before you start shooting. Ev entually these will all become second-nature as you prepare for a shoot. 1. P ower on the camer a P ress the ON/OFF switch on the top of the camera. I f the camera does not turn[...]

  • Page 3

    6. Set the camera to the desired shooting mode  e camera is capable of operating in a variety of shooting modes (which you select using the mode selection dial on the top): A UT O : I f this is your  rst time shooting digital stills, you will want to keep things as simple as possible and choose the AUT O mode. In this mode the camera takes ca[...]

  • Page 4

    and Serv o SF which are described in the U sers Manual.  ere ar e a lot of options and settings available to you int his mode, and the best way to learn ho w they can be used creatively is to plow through the manual and experiment with them. Learning the many functions of this camera will open up the possibility of more creativ e control o ver t[...]

  • Page 5

    T ransf er media to y our hard driv e or USB  ash driv e When you are done shooting, copy y our images from the camera to your o wn hard driv e or USB  ash drive. Once you r eturn the camera, it ’ s likely that the next student using the camera will format the SD card befor e they start shooting and your images will be lost forever! D on ?[...]

  • Page 6

    7. Click on the pop-up menu that appears as “Pictur es ” and navigate to the folder you created in step 4; 8. Select the images you want to transfer and click the “I mport” button, alternativ ely , you can click on “Import All” and all of the images on the camera will be transferr ed to the folder you designated in step 6; Alternatively[...]

  • Page 7

    Image resolution and quality settings Digital images ar e made up of a grid of pixels, each r epresenting a tonal value (ranging fr om black to white and a range of hues, saturation, and brightness in between).  e larger the number of pixels used to represent an image, the larger the print y ou can make of the image before the individual pixels [...]

  • Page 8

    Using the camer a in P (Pr ogram) mode Set the mode dial on the top of the camera to P (P rogram) mode. When the camera is in P rogram mode it will focus automatically and set the exposure, ho wever , unlike Auto mode, it allows y ou yo set a variety of F unction Settings that in  uence the characteristics of the image. T o set these: 1. P ress [...]

  • Page 9

     ese settings can greatly a ff ect the quality of your image. F or the most par t, what is being adjusted to  nd a proper exposure is the aperture and the shutter speed. Both settings must work in tandem since they both determine just how much light is allo wed to hit the image sensor .  e aperture is an adjustable opening in the lens tha[...]