Canon PowerShot A2500 - Manual (Page 15)

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Cover
Preliminary Notes and
Legal Information
Contents:
Basic Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Smart Auto
Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
Playback Mode
Shooting Movies
Start shooting.
z z Press the movie button. The camera
beeps once as recording begins, and
[ Rec] is displayed with the elapsed time.
X X Black bars displayed on the top and
bottom edges of the screen indicate
image areas not recorded.
X X Frames displayed around any detected
faces indicate that they are in focus.
z z Once recording begins, take your finger
off the movie button.
Finish shooting.
z z Press the movie button again to stop
shooting. The camera beeps twice as
recording stops.
Viewing
After shooting images or movies, you can view them on the screen as
follows.
1 Enter Playback mode.
z z Press the < 1> button.
X X Your last shot is displayed.
Elapsed Time
3 Compose the shot.
z z To zoom in and enlarge the subject, move
the zoom lever toward < i> (telephoto),
and to zoom away from the subject, move
it toward < j> (wide angle).
4 Shoot.
Shooting Still Images
Focus.
z z Press the shutter button lightly, halfway
down. The camera beeps twice after
focusing, and AF frames are displayed to
indicate image areas in focus.
Shoot.
z z Press the shutter button all the way
down.
X X As the camera shoots, a shutter sound
is played, and in low-light conditions, the
flash fires automatically.
z z Keep the camera still until the shutter
sound ends.
X X Your shot is only displayed until the
camera is ready to shoot again.