Canon A85 - Manual (Page 18)

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Components Guide
Shooting Mode Dial
Use the shooting mode
dial to select a Shooting
mode.
: Auto (p. 33)
The camera
automatically selects
settings.
• Image Zone
The camera automatically selects settings
according to the image composition type.
: Portrait (p. 38) : Landscape (p. 38)
: Night Scene (p. 38) : Fast Shutter (p. 38)
: Slow Shutter (p. 38)
: Stitch Assist (p. 38, 48)
: Special Scene (p. 38, 51)
: Movie (p. 55)
• Creative Zone
The user selects exposure, aperture or other
settings to achieve special effects.
: Program AE (p. 75)
: Shutter Speed-priority AE (p. 75)
: Aperture-priority AE (p. 76)
: Manual Exposure (p. 77)
Creative Zone
Image Zone
Auto
Indicators
The indicators light or blink when the ON/OFF
button or the shutter button is pressed.
• Indicator Next to the Viewfinder
(Upper Indicator)
Green: Ready to record/Ready to communicate
(during a computer connection)
Blinking Green: Starting up/Recording to CF card/
Reading CF card/Erasing from CF card/
Transmitting data (during a computer
connection)
Orange: Ready to record (flash on)
Blinking Orange: Ready to record (camera shake
warning)/Flash is charging (when LCD monitor
is on)
• Indicator Next to the Viewfinder
(Lower Indicator)
Yellow: Macro mode/Manual Focus mode/AF Lock
mode
Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty (although you
can press the shutter button, try using focus
lock or adjusting the focus manually (p. 89))
• Power Indicator
Green: Power is on
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