Canon Digital Camera Canon PowerShot SX170 User Manual

3.2

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Owner's of the Canon Digital Camera Canon PowerShot SX170 gave it a score of 3.2 out of 5. Here's how the scores stacked up:

  • Reliability

    3.5 out of 5

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    3.0 out of 5

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    4.5 out of 5

  • Performance

    2.5 out of 5

  • Ease of Use

    2.5 out of 5
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Cover
Before Use
Common Camera
Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
Tv, Av, and M
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.
Set the mode dial to [
G
].
2 Customize the settings as
desired (=
52 – 64), 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 (=
53)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 FUNC. (=
23) and MENU (=
24) settings may be
automatically adjusted for movie recording.
• For details on the shooting range in [
G
] mode, see “Shooting Range”
(=
130).
Image Brightness (Exposure)
Still Images
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 <b> button. As you watch
the screen, turn the <5> dial to adjust
brightness, and then press the <b>
buttonagainwhennished.
Thecorrectionlevelyouspeciedisnow
displayed.
Still Images
Locking Image Brightness / Exposure (AE Lock)
Before shooting, you can lock the exposure, or you can specify focus and
exposure separately.
1 Lock the exposure.
Aim the camera at the subject to shoot
with the exposure locked. With the
shutter button pressed halfway, press the
<b> button.
[ ] is displayed, and the exposure is
locked.
To unlock AE, release the shutter button
and press the <b> button again. In this
case, [
] is no longer displayed.

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