Canon PowerShot S3 IS Digital Camera Manual de operación y mantenimiento

Safety Precautions

Be sure to read, understand and follow the safety precautions below when

using the camera, in order to prevent injury, burns or electrical shock to yourself

and others.

Be sure to also read the safety precautions listed in the

Advanced Camera User Guide.

Warnings

• Do not trigger the flash in close proximity to human or animal eyes.

• Store this equipment out of the reach of children and infants.

• Avoid dropping or subjecting the camera to severe impacts. Do not touch

the flash portion of the camera if it has been damaged.

• Stop operating the equipment immediately if it emits smoke or noxious

fumes.

• Do not handle the power cord if your hands are wet.

• Only use batteries recommended in this manual.

• The output terminal for the compact power adaptor is made specifically for

this camera. Do not use it with any other device.

Caution

• Never rub or press strongly on the LCD monitor. These actions may

damage it or lead to other problems.

Camera User Guide

Please Read This First

This guide explains how to prepare the camera and use its basic features.

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Preparations

Shooting

Basic Shooting Functions

Playback/Erasing

Menus and Settings

Printing

Downloading Images to a

Computer

Flowchart and Reference Guides

The following guides are available. Refer to them as necessary according

to the flowchart below.

* SD stands for Secure Digital, a copyright protection system.

You can use SD* memory cards and MultiMediaCards with this camera.

These cards are collectively called memory cards in this guide.

For information on included

items and items sold separately

Preparations

•

Installing the battery and memory card

• Opening the LCD monitor

•

Setting the date, time and language

Shooting

Playback/Erasing

Menus and Settings

Handling precautions,

references to the various

shooting and playback functions

Printing

• Installing the software

• Downloading images to a

computer

• Using the software

System Map

Basic Camera User

Guide (This Guide)

Read this first.

Advanced Camera User

Guide

Direct Print User Guide

Basic Camera User

Guide (This Guide)

Software Starter Guide

ZoomBrowser EX/

ImageBrowser

Software User Guide

• PDF manuals available on the Canon website.

http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/information-e.html

Preparations

Installing the Battery and Memory Card

1Insert the batteries.

1. Open the battery cover (a, b).

2. Insert four AA-size alkaline batteries supplied or separately sold

nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, then close the cover.

Slide the memory card slot cover (

) and open it (

Insert the memory card until it clicks into place, then close the

cover (

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Battery Handling (p. 132)

Battery orientation can be checked against the diagram in battery

compartment.

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Handling the Memory Card (p. 133)

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Formatting Memory Cards (p. 35)

Ensure that the memory card is correctly oriented before inserting it in the

camera. It may damage the camera if inserted incorrectly.

Battery cover lock

(+) Positive end

(–) Negative end

Front

Preparations

To Remove the Memory Card

Use your finger to push the memory card in until you hear a click, then

release it.

First Time Settings

Opening the LCD Monitor

Use the LCD monitor to confirm images while shooting them, navigate

menus, and play back images. You can position the LCD monitor in the

following ways.

1. Opened from left to right 180 degrees.

2. LCD monitor is opened to the left 180

degrees and tilted 180 degrees toward

the lens.

The displayed image is automatically flipped

and reversed (the Reverse Display

function).

* The Reverse Display function can be set

to off.

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Rec. Menu (p. 28)

3. Fold the LCD monitor back against the

camera body until it clicks into place.

When you push the LCD monitor until you hear

the clicking sound, the left and right of the

image will display correctly.

Turning the Power On/Off

1Turn the mode lever to

(Shooting) or (Playback)

while pressing the release button.

The power/mode indicator lights orange or

green.

When switching between shooting and

playback, turn the mode lever to

(Shooting) or (Playback)

while

pressing the release button.

* The camera switches to Playback mode, but the lens does not retract

(the lens will retract if you turn the mode lever to (Playback) once

more).

2Press the OFF button to turn the

power off.

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Using the LCD Monitor (p. 16)

Always keep the LCD monitor closed with the display facing the camera

body when the camera is not in use. When you push the LCD monitor

until you hear the clicking sound, the LCD monitor will automatically turn

off, and the image will display in the viewfinder.

Power/Mode

Indicator

Mode Lever

Release

button

Preparations

Setting the Date/Time

1Turn the camera on (p. 3).

2Select the item you wish to set

using the Wor Xbutton and

set its value using the Sor T

button (a).

3Confirm that the correct time

is displayed and press the

SET button (b).

The date/time can also be set in the

Set up menu (p. 16).

zYou will hear a start-up sound and see the start-up image when you

turn on the power (Advanced Guide: p. 117). However, when starting

with the viewfinder display, the start-up image is not displayed and

there is no start-up sound. Also the start-up image does not appear

when the viewfinder display is on in Shooting mode (Advanced Guide:

p. 16) or the A/V OUT terminal is connected to a TV.

Turning on the camera without the start-up sound and image.

zPress and hold the button, then turn on the power. You can also

turn the power on with the LCD monitor closed.

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Time Zone settings (p. 24)

When you turn on the camera the first time, and when the lithium date/

time battery charge is low, the [Date/Time] menu appears.

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Mute (p. 31)

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Replacing the Date Battery (p. 135)

Preparations

Setting the Display Language

1Turn the mode lever to

(Playback) while pressing the

release button (a).

2Hold down the SET button

(b) and press the MENU

button (c).

This operation cannot be performed

during movie playback, in the jump

search mode (Advanced Guide:

p. 94) or while connected to a printer

or computer.

3Use the W, X, Sor Tbutton to select a language (d), then press

the SET button (e).

The language can also be set in the Set up menu (p. 16).

Preparations

Shooting

Shooting (Still Images)

1Turn the mode lever to (Shooting) while pressing the

release button (p. 3).

2Set the mode dial to .

3Aim the camera at the subject.

4Focus and shoot.

1. Press the shutter button lightly (halfway)

to focus.

zTwo beeps will sound when the camera

has finished focusing, and the AF frame

appears green.

zIf the message "Raise the flash" appears,

shoot with a flash (p. 11).

2. Press the shutter button fully (all the way)

to shoot.

The shutter sound will play, and the image

will record. The indicator will blink red while

the image is recorded to the memory card.

zThe Image Stabilizer function is [On] in the default settings.

zThe beep will sound one time if the subject is difficult to focus on.

ÎSee Basic Shooting Functions (p. 8)

ÎSee the Advanced Guide to verify the advanced shooting method.

Lightly press

(Pressing halfway)

See the Advanced Guide: Setting the Image Stabilizer Function (p. 39)

See the Advanced Guide: Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (p. 64)

Pressing fully

(Pressing all the way)

Shooting

Reviewing an Image Right After Shooting

After a shot is taken, the image appears in the LCD monitor for

approximately 2 seconds.

To override this time limit and continue displaying the image, use one of

the following methods:

Keep the shutter button fully depressed after taking the shot.

Press the SET or DISP. button while the image is displayed in the LCD

monitor.*

Press the shutter button halfway again to stop displaying it.

* This operation is not available in the Stitch Assist mode (p. 8).

Shooting (Movies)

No matter what position the mode dial is in, you can shoot movies with

just a push of the movie button.

Max. Clip Size: 1 GB*

Sound is recorded in stereo.

Pressing the Movie button again stops

recording.

* Even before the recording size reaches

1 GB, recording will stop at the moment the

recording time reaches 1 hour. Depending

on the storage capacity of the memory card

and the speed at which the data is written,

recording may stop before reaching 1 GB or

1 hour.

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Changing the Review Duration (p. 29)

ÎSee Erasing (p. 14)

You can perform the following while an image is displayed (not available

in Stitch Assist mode).

zDisplay the image's information (Advanced Guide: p. 22).

zDisplay the magnified image (Advanced Guide: p. 92).

zErase individual images (Basic Guide: p. 14).

zAttach sound memos (Advanced Guide: p. 102).

ÎSee the Advanced Guide: Shooting a Movie (p. 46)

Movie button

Basic Shooting Functions

Selecting a Shooting Mode

Use the mode dial to select the Shooting modes.

Mode Dial

Image Zone

Portrait

Blurs the background and makes a

person stand out.

Landscape

Shoots spacious landscape scenes.

Night Scene

Allows you to capture human subjects

against the backdrop of an evening sky

or night scene. The flash is directed at

the person and the shutter speed is

slow, so both the person and the

background can be beautifully shot.

Sports

Shoots continuous images with

autofocus.

Well suited for shooting moving

subjects. (The continuous shooting

settings can be changed (Advanced

Guide: p. 42).)

Special Scene

8 scene modes to shoot with the most

appropriate settings for the scene are

available with this camera.

By simply selecting one of the following

shooting modes, the camera selects the

most appropriate settings for the scene.

Stitch Assist

Allows you to shoot overlapping images

that can later be merged (stitched) to

create one panoramic image on a

computer.

Movie

Configure settings for shooting movies.

Creative Shooting

Allows you to select settings yourself, such as

the exposure compensation or aperture value.

: Automatic Shooting

The camera automatically selects settings.

Image Composition Shooting

The camera automatically selects settings

according to the image composition type.

Îp. 9

ÎSee the Advanced Guide (p. 51)

ÎSee the Advanced Guide (p. 46)

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