Shooting In Hybrid Auto Mode - Canon PowerShot S120 User Manual

Finish shooting.
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Press the movie button again to stop
shooting. The camera beeps twice as
recording stops.
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Recording will stop automatically when
the memory card becomes full.
• The flash firing during shots indicates that the camera has automatically
attempted to ensure optimal colors in the main subject and background (Multi-
area White Balance).

Shooting in Hybrid Auto Mode

You can make a short movie of the day just by shooting still images. The
camera records 2 – 4-second clips of scenes before each shot, which are
later combined in a digest movie.
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Enter [ ] mode.
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Follow step 2 in "Shooting (Smart Auto)"
(=
2
Compose the shot.
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Follow steps 3 – 4 in "Shooting (Smart
Auto)"
focus.
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For more impressive digest movies,
aim the camera at subjects about four
seconds before shooting still images.
Still Images Movies
30) and choose [ ].
(= 30) to compose the shot and
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Shoot.
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Follow step 4 in "Shooting (Smart Auto)"
(= 30) to shoot a still image.
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The camera records both a still image
and movie clip. The clip, which ends with
the still image and a shutter sound, forms
a single chapter in the digest movie.
•
Battery life is shorter in this mode than in [
digest movies are recorded for each shot.
•
A digest movie may not be recorded if you shoot a still image
immediately after turning the camera on, choosing [
operating the camera in other ways.
•
Sounds and vibration caused by camera operation will be recorded
in digest movies.
• Digest movie quality is [
] and cannot be changed.
•
Some camera sounds will be muted. Sounds are not played when you press
the shutter button halfway or trigger the self-timer
•
Digest movies are saved as separate movie files in the following cases even if
they were recorded on the same day in [
The digest movie file size reaches approximately 4 GB, or the total recording
-
time reaches approximately 13 minutes and 20 seconds.
- The digest movie is protected (= 116).
- Daylight saving time (= 15) or time zone
- A new folder is created (= 162).
• Recorded shutter sounds cannot be modified or erased.
•
If you prefer to record digest movies without still images, adjust the setting in
advance. Press the <n> button, and on the [4] tab, set [Digest Type] to
[No Stills] (= 25).
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Individual chapters can be edited (= 129).
Cover
Before Use
Common Camera
Operations
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
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] mode, because
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3
] mode, or
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5
6
(= 157).
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] mode.
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9
(= 158) settings are changed.
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Index
Camera Basics
Auto Mode /
Hybrid Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Tv, Av, M, and
C Mode
Playback Mode
Wi-Fi Functions
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
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