Canon PowerShot A85 Quick Start Manual page 24

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Components Guide
Mode Dial Indicators
The indicators light or blink when the ON/OFF
button or the shutter button is pressed.
• Indicator Next to the Viewfinder
(Upper Indicator)
Green: Ready to record/Ready to communicate
(during a computer connection)
Blinking Green: Starting up/Recording to CF cardl
Reading CF card/Erasing from CF cardl
Transmitting data (during a computer
connection)
Orange: Ready to record (flash on)
Blinking Orange: Ready to record (camera shake
warning)/Flash is charging (when LCD monitor
is on)
• Indicator Next to the Viewfinder
(Lower Indicator)
Yellow: Macro mode/Manual Focus mode/AF Lock
mode
Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty (although you
can press the shutter button, try using focus
lock or adjusting the focus manually (p. 89))
• Power Indicator
Green: Power is on
Use the shooting mode
dial to select a Shooting
mode.
Creative Zone
fm): Auto (p. 33)
The camera
automatically selects
Image Zone settings.
• Image Zone
The camera automatically selects settings
according to the image composition type.
'i\ :
Portrait (p. 38)
t& :
Landscape (p. 38)
~
: Night Scene (p. 38)
~:
Fast Shutter (p. 38)
£:
Slow Shutler (p. 38)
cQ:
Stitch Assist (p. 38, 48)
seN:
Special Scene (p. 38, 51)
.~:
Movie (p. 55)
• Creative Zone
The user selects exposure, aperture or other
settings to achieve special effects.
P :
Program AE (p. 75)
Tv :
Shutter Speed-priority AE (p. 75)
Av:
Aperture-priority AE (p. 76)
M :
Manual Exposure (p. 77)
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