Shooting; Selecting A Shooting Mode; Changing Resolution/Compression Setting - Canon PowerShot A10 User Manual

Shooting

Selecting a Shooting Mode

Your camera offers three different shooting
modes.
The camera makes most of
Auto
the settings automatically.
You manually set the
exposure, white balance, and
Manual
various other shooting
parameters.
Use this mode when taking
Stitch
shots that you want to stitch
Assist
into a panorama.
The settings you make in each mode are
retained even after you switch into a different
mode. Many of these settings are retained
after the camera turns off (
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Select a shooting mode.
The camera offers you a choice of three
resolution settings and three compression
settings. Image size increases as you move
from small to medium to large resolution
(
increases as you move from normal to fine
to superfine compression (
If you intend to use a shot to create a large
print, you should set the resolution to L
(Large). If you plan to print the shot on a
sticker, mail it over the Internet, or display it
on your computer, or if you wish to fit many
shots onto a single CF card, then you
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should set the resolution to S (Small).
Changing Resolution/
Compression Setting
), and image quality
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