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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a Canon PowerShot
A5, the easy-to-use, compact digital camera with
a large range of functions incorporated into a
card-sized body.
Please read this guide and the Quick Start
Guide to gain maximum benefit of the high-
quality digital imaging made possible with the
PowerShot A5.
Please read the Handling and Safety
Precautions section of this guide before
attempting to use the camera.
About the LCD panel
The LCD panel incorporates extremely high-
precision technology. When the panel is in
use, minute black, red or green spots may
appear and linger. The pixels are operating at
99.99% effectiveness, and this does not
constitute a malfanction. Moreover, these
spots have no effect on the image you
record.
Copyright © 1998 Canon Inc. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer
While every effort has been made to ensure that the
information contained in this manual is accurate and
complete, no liability can be accepted for any errors or
omissions. Canon Inc. reserves the right to change the
specifications of the hardware and software described
herein at any time without prior notice.
No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted,
transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into
any language in any form, by any means without prior
written permission of Canon Inc.
Canon Inc. makes no warranties for damages resulting
from corrupted or lost data due to a mistaken operation
or malfunction of the camera, the CompactFlash
TM
cards
(CF cards), personal computers, peripheral devices or use
of non-Canon CF cards.
Trademark Acknowledgement
Canon and PowerShot are trademarks of Canon Inc.
Adobe and Adobe Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Apple, Macintosh and Power Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
CompactFlash is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation.
IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
U.S. and other countries.
Ulead Systems, Inc. and PhotoImpact are trademarks of Ulead Systems, Inc.
Other names and products not mentioned above may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.