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Using

 

the

 

Camera

 

Taking

 

a

 

Picture:

 

To

 

begin

 

taking

 

pictures

 

there

 

are

 

three

 

things

 

that

 

must

 

happen

 

first.

 

1.

 

Turn

 

the

 

camera

 

on

 

using

 

the

 

Power

 

Button

.

 

2.

 

Make

 

sure

 

the

 

Mode

 

Switch

 

is

 

slid

 

up

 

to

 

Camera.

 

3.

 

Turn

 

the

 

Shooting

 

Dial

 

to

 

Auto.

 

 

You

 

can

 

now

 

use

 

the

 

View

 

Finder

 

or

 

the

 

LCD

 

Screen

 

to

 

view

 

your

 

subject.

 

The

 

Zoom

 

Lever

 

on

 

the

 

top

 

front

 

of

 

the

 

camera

 

will

 

allow

 

you

 

to

 

zoom

 

closer

 

or

 

farther

 

away

 

from

 

your

 

subject.

 

 

To

 

snap

 

a

 

picture,

 

first

 

depress

 

the

 

Shutter

 

Button

 

half

 

way.

 

This

 

will

 

allow

 

the

 

lens

 

to

 

focus.

 

You

 

will

 

feel

 

it

 

click

 

when

 

it

 

is

 

pushed

 

down

 

half

 

way.

 

Give

 

it

 

a

 

second

 

to

 

focus

 

and

 

then

 

continue

 

to

 

depress

 

the

 

Shutter

 

Button

 

the

 

rest

 

of

 

the

 

way.

 

You

 

will

 

hear

 

the

 

“clicking

 

shutter”

 

sound

 

and

 

possibly

 

see

 

a

 

flash

 

if

 

one

 

is

 

needed.

 

Your

 

image

 

will

 

appear

 

on

 

the

 

LCD

 

Screen

 

for

 

2

 

seconds.

 

Viewing

 

Your

 

Pictures:

 

1.To

 

view

 

the

 

pictures

 

you

 

have

 

taken

 

you

 

must

 

slide

 

the

 

Mode

 

Switch

 

to

 

Play

.

 

2.The

 

last

 

picture

 

you

 

took

 

will

 

appear

 

on

 

the

 

LCD

 

Screen

.

 

You

 

can

 

then

 

use

 

the

 

Control

 

Arrows

 

to

 

move

 

left

 

and

 

right

 

through

 

the

 

pictures

 

you

 

have

 

taken.

 

 

While

 

previewing

 

a

 

picture

 

you

 

can

 

zoom

 

in

 

and

 

out

 

using

 

the

 

Zoom

 

Lever

.

 

If

 

you

 

are

 

zoomed

 

in

 

you

 

can

 

use

 

the

 

Control

 

Arrows

 

to

 

scroll

 

across

 

a

 

picture.

 

 

If

 

you

 

zoom

 

all

 

the

 

way

 

out

 

it

 

will

 

bring

 

up

 

an

 

index

 

page

 

displaying

 

nine

 

images

 

at

 

a

 

time.

 

You

 

can

 

then

 

use

 

the

 

Control

 

Arrows

 

to

 

move

 

to

 

an

 

image

 

you

 

want.

 

To

 

view

 

that

 

image

 

you

 

just

 

have

 

to

 

use

 

the

 

Zoom

 

Lever

 

and

 

zoom

 

in

 

on

 

the

 

picture.

 

Deleting

 

Unwanted

 

Pictures:

 

While

 

viewing

 

your

 

pictures

 

from

 

the

 

previous

 

steps

 

you

 

can

 

easily

 

delete

 

unwanted

 

pictures.

 

Simply

 

select

 

the

 

picture

 

you

 

no

 

longer

 

want

 

and

 

press

 

the

 

Delete

 

Button

.

 

You

 

will

 

be

 

asked

 

to

 

Erase

 

or

 

Cancel

,

 

select

 

Erase

.

 

 

IMPORTANT

 

 

While

 

in

 

the

 

Play

 

mode

 

and

 

viewing

 

pictures,

 

you

 

can

 

delete

 

all

 

the

 

pictures

 

at

 

once

 

by

 

pushing

 

the

 

Menu

 

Button

.

 

Then

 

arrow

 

down

 

the

 

menu

 

to

 

Erase

 

All

 

and

 

push

 

the

 

center

 

Function

 

Set

 

Button

.

 

Arrow

 

to

 

OK

 

to

 

confirm

 

the

 

erase

 

and

 

push

 

the

 

Function

 

Set

 

Button

.

 

Please

 

do

 

this

 

step

 

prior

 

to

 

returning

 

your

 

camera

 

to

 

the

 

Media

 

Center.

 

This

 

will

 

clean

 

out

 

your

 

camera

 

for

 

the

 

next

 

person.

 

Saving

 

Pictures

 

to

 

Your

 

Computer:

 

The

 

camera

 

has

 

a

 

memory

 

card

 

which

 

stores

 

the

 

pictures.

 

Open

 

the

 

battery

 

compartment

 

on

 

the

 

bottom

 

of

 

the

 

camera.

 

Push

 

down

 

on

 

the

 

memory

 

card

 

and

 

it

 

will

 

pop

 

up.

 

Carefully

 

remove

 

it

 

from

 

the

 

camera

 

and

 

slide

 

it

 

into

 

the

 

bottom

 

memory

 

card

 

slot

 

on

 

the

 

front

 

of

 

your

 

laptop.

 

The

 

card

 

should

 

be

 

sticker

 

side

 

up

 

with

 

the

 

arrow

 

pointing

 

to

 

the

 

edge

 

to

 

be

 

inserted.

 

Then,

 

open

 

Windows

 

Explorer

 

and

 

locate

 

the

 

drive

 

for

 

the

 

Memory

 

Card.

 

Now

 

you

 

can

 

Copy/Paste

 

or

 

Drag/Drop

 

the

 

pictures

 

to

 

your

 

H:

 

drive.

 

Summary of Contents for Power Shot A530

Page 1: ...ing to snap picture Shooting Dial Turn dial to select shooting Top View mode Auto is for pictures is for video Features View Finder Speaker Mode Switch slide up to Camera to take pictures and Delete Button use to Video slide down to Play delete unwanted symbol to view recorded pictures and video pictures and video Control Arrows use arrow keys to navigate menus Also when taking pictures lightning ...

Page 2: ...ure If you zoom all the way out it will bring up an index page displaying nine images at a time You can then use the Control Arrows to move to an image you want To view that image you just have to use the Zoom Lever and zoom in on the picture Deleting Unwanted Pictures While viewing your pictures from the previous steps you can easily delete unwanted pictures Simply select the picture you no longe...

Page 3: ...a but will work on most brands 1 Plug camera cable into camera 2 Plug camera cable into a usb port 3 Set the camera to play view mode and turn it on 4 If the camera wizard pops up cancel it If you choose to use the camera wizard you have departed from the directions and are on your own May God have mercy on your soul 5 Open Windows Explorer ...

Page 4: ...or F Geek note if your camera appears Camera will appear with an assigned letter you can use here it as a portable disk drive and drag or files to and from the camera s here internal memory card This will impress your geeky friends 8 Click on the camera and you will see it s contents in the right hand window Right click on the picture you want If you want several ctrl click each of them and then r...

Page 5: ...y abiding on a drive They can be inserted into documents or opened and edited Usually their resolution will be quite large and they will need to be resized in Photo Editor or another image editing program for general computer use For more on resizing pictures follow this link http www forsyth k12 ga us admin techtrain resizeimage pdf ...

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