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Canon 970 IS User Manual

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Adjust the zoom setting before shooting. The combined
digital and optical zoom factor will display on the LCD
monitor. When the zoom factor displays in blue, the image
will deteriorate.

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You can use digital zoom during the movie shooting in

mode only.

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Before recording, you can set the AE lock and exposure shift.
This is effective on ski slopes and the beach when the
contrast is too strong between the subject and background or
where there are both light and dark areas in the scene and it
is desirable to adjust the exposure.
1 Press the

button.

The exposure will lock (AE lock) and the exposure shift bar
will appear in the LCD monitor.

2 Use the

or

button to adjust the exposure.

Press the

button again to release the setting. Also,

the setting will be canceled if you press the MENU button
or change the white balance, My Colors or shooting mode
settings.

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If you register the

function to the

button, you can

start shooting a movie simply by pressing the

button

even if the mode dial is set to

,

or

(p. 163)

.

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QuickTime is required to play back movies (Data type: AVI/
Compression method: Motion JPEG) on a computer
(Windows 2000 only).