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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. 26).

2

Turn the Shooting mode dial

to

.

3

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

Shooting – The Basics

4

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
35 to 105 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
approximately 11x with the PowerShot A85
and 10x with the PowerShot A75 (See Digital
Zoom
, p. 46).

: Decreases the size of the

subject (Wide angle)

: Magnifies the size of

subject (Telephoto)

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