Canon A1400 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Cover
Preliminary Notes
and Legal Information
Contents: Basic
Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Smart Auto
Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
Playback Mode
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
P Mode
Still Images Movies
Shooting in Program AE (<P> Mode)
You can customize many function settings to suit your preferred shooting
style.
1 Enter <G> mode.
Followstep1in“SpecicScenes”
(=
46) and choose [G].
2 Customize the settings as
desired (=
5466), and
then shoot.
•If adequate exposure cannot be obtained when you press the shutter button
halfway, shutter speeds and aperture values are displayed in orange. In this
case, try adjusting the ISO speed (=
56)oractivatingtheash(ifsubjects
are dark, =
62), which may enable adequate exposure.
•Movies can be recorded in <G> mode as well, by pressing the movie button.
However, some <H> and <n> settings may be automatically
adjusted for movie recording.
•For details on the shooting range in <G> mode, see “Shooting Range”
(=
119).
Image Brightness (Exposure
Compensation)
Still Images Movies
Adjusting Image Brightness
(Exposure Compensation)
The standard exposure set by the camera can be adjusted in 1/3-stop
increments, in a range of –2 to +2.
Press the <m> button and choose [#]
in the menu. As you watch the screen,
press the <o><p> buttons to adjust
brightness (=
30).
Thecorrectionlevelyouspeciedisnow
displayed.
When shooting movies, shoot with the
exposure compensation bar displayed.
When shooting still images, press the
<m> button to display the set exposure
compensation amount, and then shoot.
•You can also shoot still images with exposure compensation bar displayed.
•While recording a movie, [&] is displayed, and the exposure is locked.