Canon PowerShot A430 Advanced User's Manual page 120

Shooting
1
Set the mode dial to
2
Aim the camera at the subject.
Be careful not to block the flash with your finger.
3
Press the shutter button lightly
(halfway) to focus.
The camera beeps twice and the
upper indicator lights green when the
camera focuses.
The beep will sound one time if the subject is difficult to focus on.
4
Press the shutter button fully
(all the way) to shoot.
The shutter sound will play (a beep
sound for the PowerShot A420), and
the image will record.
The upper indicator will blink green
while the image is recorded to the
memory card.
4
(Auto).
Upper indicator
See the Advanced Guide: Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (p. 47)
Upper indicator
See Basic Shooting Functions
See the Advanced Guide to verify the advanced shooting method.
See the Advanced Guide: Movie Shooting (p. 37)
See the Advanced Guide: Indicators (p. 19)
Lightly press
(Pressing halfway)
Pressing fully
(Pressing all the way)
(p. 5)