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Canon PowerShot D30 User Manual

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Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics

Using GPS
Functions

Auto Mode

Other Shooting
Modes

P Mode

Playback Mode

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

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Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics

Using GPS
Functions

Auto Mode

Other Shooting
Modes

P Mode

Playback Mode

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

Still Images

Shooting Quickly Underwater

To avoid missing unexpected underwater shooting opportunities with
subjects about 3 m (9.8 ft.) away from you, try switching to [

S] mode

(

=

51

) and setting the focusing range to [

8]. These settings are

especially effective when shooting subjects that are moving around.

1

Choose [

S].

z

z

Follow step 1 in “Specific Scenes”
(

=

51

) and choose [

S].

2

Choose the focusing range.

z

z

Press the <

q> button, press the

buttons to choose [

8], and then press

the <

m> button.

3

Shoot.

z

z

Aim the camera so that the subject is
in the center frame, and then press the
shutter button halfway.

z

z

As soon as you notice a good shooting
opportunity, press the shutter button all
the way down.

For closer subjects that are not in sharp focus, try setting the
focusing range to [

].

The AF frame will remain white while the shutter button is pressed halfway.

These settings are not available when using Tracking AF (

=

75

).

Still Images

Movies

Correcting White Balance

White balance can be manually corrected in [

S] and [ ] modes (

=

51

).

This adjustment can match the effect of using a commercially available

color-compensating filter.

1

Choose [

S] or [ ].

z

z

Follow steps 1 – 2 in “Specific Scenes”
(

=

51

) and choose [

S] or [ ].

2

Choose white balance.

z

z

Press the <

m> button, choose [ ] in

the menu, and press the <

m> button

again.

3

Adjust the setting.

z

z

Press the zoom buttons to adjust the
correction level for B and A, and then
press the <

m> button.

z

z

Once the setting is complete, [

] is

displayed.

The camera will retain white balance correction levels even if you
switch to another white balance option in step 2, but correction
levels will be reset if you record custom white balance data.

B represents blue and A, amber.

White balance can also be manually corrected by recording custom white
balance data (

=

70

) before following the preceding steps.