Canon 800 IS manual

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    Pre p aration s S hoo ti ng Play back/Eras in g Menus and Setti ngs Pr int i ng Do wnloa ding Images to a Comp uter Camer a User Guide Ple ase Re ad This Fir st Th is gui de expla ins h ow to pr epar e the ca mera a nd use its basic featu res. ENGLISH Basic XXX- XX XX-X XX XXXX XX X © 2 00 6 CANO N INC . PR INTE D IN X XX X Cov -B asic. fm Page 1 [...]

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    The fo llowi ng guid es a re av ai labl e. R efer to t hem as nec ess ary acc ord ing t o the fl owch art be lo w . Flowchar t an d R efer enc e Guides System Map Basic Camera User Guide (Thi s Guide) • Read this first. Advanced Camera User Guide Dire c t Pri nt Use r G uid e Basic Camera User Guide (Thi s Guide) Software S tarter Guide For inf o[...]

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    1 1. Charging the Batte r y . C ha rge t he ba tte ry be fo re u se u nd er the f ol low ing cir cu mstan ce s. • W hen us ing t he batte ry fo r th e firs t tim e. • W hen t he "C hang e th e bat tery pa ck" me ss age di spla y s. 1. Insert the battery into the batte ry charger. 2. Plug th e bat t ery char ger ( CB- 2LX ) in to a p o[...]

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    2 2. Inst all ing t he Battery . 1. Slide t he me mor y ca rd slot/ ba ttery c over and open i t ( , ). 2. Pu sh the b at tery l ock in the d ir ecti on o f the a rrow ( ) an d insert the bat tery un til it l ocks. T o remo ve t he ba tter y , pu sh t he ba tter y lo ck i n the dire ctio n of th e arro w ( ) and h old i t whil e pull ing the ba tte[...]

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    3  T o R emove the M emo r y Car d Use a fing er to pus h the mem ory c ard in unt il you hea r a cl ick, th en re lease it. Y ou can us e SD* mem ory ca rds and MultiM edi aCar ds wi th th is camera . Th ese cards a r e co lle cti vely c a l led mem ory cards in th is gu ide. *SD stands f or Secure Digital, a c opyright protection system. Prep [...]

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    4 First Time Set tings  Setting the Da te/Time 1. Pre ss the po w er b utton ( ). 2. Us e the or butt on to se lect a n i tem a nd t he or bu tton to chan ge i ts va l u e ( ) . T o set the d ayligh t sa ving opti on, use the or butto n to disp la y . 3. Co nf irm th at th e corr ect time i s dis pla yed and p re ss th e FUNC./SET button ( ). Th[...]

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    5 1. Press the power button. The st ar t-up so und w ill play and th e star t -up i m age will d ispl ay i n the LC D monit or . • Pre s sing the po wer bu tto n agai n tur ns the po wer of f. • T o swi tch t o the sett in g tha t mu tes all so un ds (e x cept fo r th e warn in g so und) , pres s and h ol d t he DISP . b utton wh ile p ress ing[...]

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    6 2. Pres s the sh utter button fully to shoot. Th e shutter so und will play an d the im age w il l re cord. T he i ndicator w il l b link green whi le the image is recorded to the mem ory card. R evi ewin g an Image Righ t Aft er Sho oting After a s hot i s taken, the ima ge ap pears in the LCD moni tor for appro xim ate ly 2 seco nds. Y ou can c[...]

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    7  Shooting Modes AUTO The camera auto matic ally selects set tings. MA NUAL Manual Allows you t o se lect se tti ngs your self, such a s th e expo sure c ompensati on, whit e ba lanc e, my c ol ors o r IS O sp ee d. Di git al Macr o All ows you to s hoo t whe n t he di sta n ce from the len s (at ma ximu m wi de an gl e) t o t he s ubjec t i s [...]

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    8 SPECI A L SCENE Be ach Sh oots w itho ut maki ng peop le ap pear dar k ne ar wate r or sa nd w her e reflec te d su nlight is st ron g. Fireworks Capt u res fir ewor ks i n the sky s harply and at op t ima l exp os ure . Unde rwat er Ap propr iate for sho ot ing im ages w ith Wa terpr oof Case WP- DC5 (s ol d s epar ate ly ). Thi s mod e us es an[...]

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    9  Using t he Zoom 1. Press t he zoom l ever t oward or . The zo om can be ad justed from 35 – 140 mm ( focal len gth ) i n 35m m fil m equi valent t e rms.  Using t he Flash 1. Press the button to cycle thr ough flash se ttings . Flash set tings cannot be us ed in some shooting m odes. Y ou are re com men ded to shoo t wi th th e ca mera a[...]

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    10  Shooting Close-Ups/ Infinity Shots 1. Press t he / button t o switch m odes. T o canc el th e ma cro/ inf in ity m ode: pres s th e / but ton t o re mov e or from t he d is play . These settings cannot be se t in some shoot ing modes. Macro Use th is mod e to sho ot clos e- ups of fl owers or smal l item s. Image Ar ea at Mi ni mum Sh oot in[...]

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    11 1. T urn the m ode d i al to (play back ) ( ). The la st reco rde d image w ill appea r in the LC D mo nit or . 2. Use the or button to display the image you wish to vi ew ( ). U se th e b utton to m ove to th e pr evi ou s imag e and t he bu tto n to mov e the n ex t imag e. H oldin g the but ton dow n a dv ance s t he i m ages mor e ra pi dly [...]

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    12 Set tings for the shooti ng or pl ayba ck mode s or suc h camer a se tting s as the pr int set tings , dat e/tim e and s ounds are set usin g the FU NC. men u or the Rec., Play , Pr int, Se t up o r My C am era me nu. FU NC . Men u This menu sets many of the co mmon s hoo ting fu nctio ns. T urn the mode dial to , , or . Press the FUNC. /SET but[...]

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    13 R ec., Play , Pr int, Set up an d My Cam era Menu s Conv en ient s ett ings f or s hootin g, playba ck o r p rinting c an be set w ith t hese me nus. Pre ss th e MENU butt on. Us e t he or bu tton to sw itc h b etwe en men us. • Y o u ca n also us e th e z oom l ever t o sw itc h b e twee n me nu s. Us e t he o r b utton to se le ct a men u i [...]

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    14 Y ou can eas ily prin t by co nnect ing the came ra to a di rec t print c ompa tible pri nter *1 wit h a cable an d simp ly pr essin g the but ton on t he cam era. 1. Connect t he camer a to a Direct Print compat ible pr inter and turn on the print er's power . *1 Since this camera uses a standard prot ocol (PictBridge), you can us e it wit[...]

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    15 2. Set the camera to th e playb ack m od e, turn on the power a nd confirm that , or is displ ayed in t he upper lef t of the LCD monitor ( ). • T he bu tton wil l lig ht blue . • T he displ ayed i con w ill var y acco rding to th e print er mo del. 3. Use t he or butt on to select an image to pri nt ( ) and pr ess the butt on ( ) . The but [...]

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    16 Th e fo ll owi ng met hods can be used t o do wnlo ad im ag es r ec ord ed b y t he cam era to a com put er . S ome me thods , d epend ing on the OS used , m ay not be avai lable . Pleas e read S yst em Re quir eme nts ( p. 17) in adv ance.  Ca mer a to Com puter Con nectio n  Using a Memo r y Card R eader A me mory ca rd read er c an be u[...]

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    17 Sys tem R equ ireme nts Plea se in stall the softw are on a c ompu ter m eetin g the fo llowi ng m inimum requ irem ents.  Windows  Macintosh OS Wi ndow s 98 S econ d Edi tion ( SE) Wi nd ows Me Wi ndow s 2000 Serv ice Pac k 4 Win do ws X P (i nc lu din g Ser vi ce P ac k 1 an d Ser vi ce P ac k 2) Comp uter Mo del The abo ve OS sh ould b [...]

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    18 Prep ari ng to D ownl oad Im a g es  Items to Pr epare • Ca mera an d com put er • Canon Digi tal Camer a Sol ution Disk suppli ed wi th the c amer a • Inte rfac e cabl e supp lied wit h the came ra 1. Inst all the softwar e. 1. Plac e th e Can on Di g i t al C amer a So luti on Di sk in th e computer's CD-ROM drive. 2. Cli ck [ Ea[...]

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    19 2. Connecting the camera t o a comput er . 1. Co nnec t t he s upp lie d i nt erfac e ca ble to th e comp u te r's US B port and t o the came ra's DIGIT AL termin al . Lif t up the le ft ed ge of th e came ra's D IG IT A L te rmi nal c over wi th a fi ngerna il an d plu g the int erfa ce c able in a ll the w ay . 2. T ur n th e ca[...]

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    20 Downl oa ding Ima ges to a C omput er A window a llowin g y ou to set t he preferences will appear whe n a conn ection is es tabli shed be twee n the ca mera a nd compu t er . 1. Select [Canon CameraWindow] and click [O K] (first time only ). 2. Download the i mages. • Do wnl oad t he ima ges usi ng t he c amer a or t he comp uter . • B y de[...]

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    21 Do wnlo adin g I mage s to a Co mput er The following window will a ppear when you esta blish a connection bet ween t he cam era and comp uter. If i t fails to appear , cl ick the [Canon CameraWindow] icon on t he Dock (the bar which appears at the bot t om of the des ktop). 1. Download the images. • D own load the i mages u sing th e camer a [...]

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    22 Do wnloa ding Image s U si ng t he Came ra (D ire ct T ran sf er) Use t his me thod t o downl oad i mag es usin g cam era ope rat ions. Ins tall the su pplie d softw are and ad jus t th e com pute r set tings befo re us ing this method fo r th e fir st ti me (p. 18 ) . 1. Confir m t h at the Direct T ransfe r menu is d isplayed on t he camera &a[...]

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    23  Select & T r ansfer/ Wallpaper 2. Select or and press the button (or the FUNC./SET b utton). 3. Select images to downloa d a nd pr ess the button (or the FUNC./SET button) . • Th e im ag es wi ll do wn load . Th e but ton wi ll bl ink bl ue wh ile dow nlo ading is in pr ogr ess. • Im age s ca n al so be sel ec ted dur ing inde x pla [...]

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    24 European Union (and EEA) only . This symbol indicates that this product is not to be disposed of with your household waste, according to the WEEE Directive (2002/96/EC) and your national law . This product should be handed over to a designated collection point, e.g., on an authorized one-for-one basis when you buy a new similar product or to an [...]

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    Safety Pr ecauti ons Be sur e to rea d, unde rstan d and fo llow t he saf ety pr ecaut ions be low when using t he cam era, in ord er to pr event injur y , b urns or e lectr ica l s hoc k t o yo urse lf an d ot her s. Be sure to also read th e safety pre cautions li sted in the Advanced Camera User Guide . Warni ngs • D o not tri gger t he flas h[...]

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    Pre p aration s S hoo ti ng Play back/Eras in g Menus and Setti ngs Pr int in g Do wnloa ding Images to a Comp uter Camer a User Guide Ple ase Read This First Th is gui de expla ins h ow to pr epar e the ca mera a nd use its basic featu res. ENGLISH Basic CEL-SF6UA210 © 200 6 CANON INC. Cov -Basic .fm Page 1 Tue sday, Janu ary 24 , 200 6 4:01 PM[...]