Canon A580 - Manual (Page 5)

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Changing the Compression (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Adjusting the ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Shooting Using the Mode Dial 66
Mode Dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Shooting Modes for Specific Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Shooting in the Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Advanced Shooting Functions 75
Continuous Shooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Setting the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Checking the Focus and Peoples’ Expressions. . . . . . . . . 78
Selecting an AF Frame Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Selecting a Subject to Focus On (Face Select and Track) 84
Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock) . 86
Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Shooting with FE Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adjusting the Exposure Compensation (Still Images) . . . . 90
Switching between Metering Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Setting a Slow Shutter Speed (Long Shutter Mode) . . . . . 92
Adjusting the Tone (White Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Shooting in a My Colors Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting the Display Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Categorizing Images Automatically (Auto Category) . . . . 100
Registering Settings to the
Button . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Playback/Erasing 103
Viewing Magnified Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Viewing Images in Sets of Nine (Index Playback) . . . 104
Check the Focus and Facial Expressions of Subjects
(Focus Check Display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Jumping to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Organizing Images by Category (My Category). . . . . . . . 109
Viewing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rotating Images in the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Playback with Transition Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113