Shooting - The Basics; Auto Mode - Canon Power Shot A400 User Manual

Shooting – The Basics
See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode
(p. 138) at the end of this manual to find out which
settings can be changed in which shooting modes.

Auto Mode

In this mode, all you have to do is press the
shutter button and let the camera do
everything else.
1
Set the mode switch to
2
Select from
See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 62).
* The current setting is displayed.
3
Aim the camera at the subject
you wish to shoot.
Shooting Mode
.
menu.
4
Use the zoom button to achieve
the desired composition (relative
subject size in the viewfinder).
: Magnifies the size of
subject (Telephoto)
: Decreases the size of
the subject (Wide angle)
The angle of view can be adjusted within the
45 to 100 mm range, in 35mm film
equivalent.
When the LCD monitor is on, the combined
use of the digital zoom and optical zoom
enables magnified shooting up to approx. 7x
(See Digital Zoom, p. 44).
5
Press the shutter
button halfway.
The shutter button has a
two-stage action.
Pressing Halfway
Pressing halfway
automatically sets the
exposure and focus.
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