Table Of Contents - Canon PowerShot SX1 IS User Manual

Using the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Shooting Close-ups (Macro/Super Macro) . . . . . . . . . 73
Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Changing the Aspect Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the Recording Pixels (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . 81
Changing the Compression (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Setting the Image Stabilizer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Adjusting the ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Reducing Camera Shake When Shooting (Auto ISO Shift) 87
Shooting Using the Mode Dial
Mode Dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Setting the Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Shooting Modes for Specific Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Program AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Setting the Shutter Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the Aperture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Manually Setting the Shutter Speed and Aperture . . 106
Shooting Panoramic Images (Stitch Assist) . . . . . . . 108
Various Shooting Methods
Continuous Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Setting the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Checking the Focus and People's Expressions. . . . . . . . 115
Switching between Focus Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Selecting an AF Frame Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Selecting a Subject to Focus On (Face Select and Track) 124
Shooting with Servo AF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock,
Manual Focus, Safety MF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Focus Bracketing (Focus-BKT Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock) . . . . . . . . 135
Adjusting the Exposure Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Shooting while Brightening Dark Areas (i-Contrast) . . . . 137
Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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