User Guide

Shooting

You can manually set the shutter speed and aperture to shoot images.

! When you press the shutter button halfway, the difference

between the standard exposure* and the selected exposure

appears on the LCD monitor. If the difference is more than ±2

stops, “–2” or “+2” appears in red.

* Standard exposure levels are calculated by measuring light according to

the currently selected metering mode.

Manually Setting the Shutter

Speed and Aperture

PowerShot A540

PowerShot A530

! If you wish to change the exposure, select shutter speed or

aperture using the button, then adjust the value using

the or button.

If the zoom is adjusted after these values are set, the aperture

value may change in accordance with the zoom position.

! The LCD monitor’s brightness matches the selected shutter

speed and aperture value.

When you select a fast shutter speed or shoot a subject in a dark

place, the image will always be bright if the flash is set to

(Flash on, with red-eye reduction) or (Flash on).

! The same shutter speeds that can be set for the

PowerShot A540, can also be set for the PowerShot A530.

See page 45 for details.

! The aperture values that can be set for the PowerShot A530

are shown below. Some aperture values may not be

available depending on the zoom position. For the

PowerShot A540, see page 46.

! The aperture value and shutter speed change according to

the zoom state (p. 48).

F2.6 F3.2 F3.5 F4.0 F4.5 F5.0 F5.5 F5.6 F6.3 F7.1 F8.0 F9.0

F10 F11