Canon A95 - Manual (Page 36)

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Shooting – The Basics
Auto Mode
In this mode, all you have to do is press the
shutter button and let the camera do
everything else.
1
Check that the camera is in
Shooting mode (p. 32).
2
Turn the shooting mode dial
to
.
3
Open the LCD monitor if desired.
4
Aim the camera at the subject
you wish to shoot.
See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode
(p. 159) at the end of this manual to find out which
settings can be changed in which Shooting
modes.
Mode Dial
5
Use the zoom lever to achieve the
desired composition (relative
subject size in the viewfinder).
z The angle of view can be adjusted within the
38 to 114 mm range, in 35mm film
equivalent.
z When the LCD monitor is on, the combined
use of the digital zoom and optical zoom
enables magnified shooting up to approx. 12x
(See Digital Zoom, p. 47).
6
Press the shutter button halfway.
z The shutter button has a two-stage action.
:Decreases the size of the
subject (Wide angle)
:Magnifies the size of the
subject (Telephoto)