Canon PowerShot A550 User Manual page 116

Sometimes appears when
shooting a bright subject,
such as the sun or other
light source.
A slow shutter speed has
likely been selected
because of insufficient
lighting.
• This is a normal occurrence in
devices containing ecos and does
not constitute a malfunction. This
bar of light will not be recorded
when shooting still images, but it
will be recorded when shooting
movies.
• Raise the ISO speed (p. 52).
• Set the flash to any setting other than
~
(flash off)
(Basic Guide
p. 14).
• Set the self-timer and secure the
camera to something, such as a
This displays when using
a memory card that has
print settings or transfer
settings set by other
DPOF-compliant
cameras.
• These settings will be overwritten
by those set by your camera
(p.69).
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Camera automatically
lightened the image
displayed on the LCD
monitor to make it easier
to see when shooting in a
dark area 12).
• There is no effect on the recorded
image.