PowerShot S120 Camera User Guide

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Cover
Before Use
Common Camera
Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode /
Hybrid Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
Tv, Av, M, and
C Mode
Playback Mode
Wi-Fi Functions
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
P Mode
No AF frames are displayed and the camera does not focus when the
shutter button is pressed halfway.
• To have AF frames displayed and the camera focus correctly, try composing the
shot with higher-contrast subject areas centered before you press the shutter button
halfway. Otherwise, try pressing the shutter button halfway repeatedly.
Subjects in shots look too dark.
• Raisetheashandsettheashmodeto[h] (= 87).
• Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (=
70).
• Adjust contrast by using i-Contrast (=
74, 126).
• Use AE lock or spot metering (=
71).
Subjects look too bright, highlights are washed-out.
• Lowertheashandsettheashmodeto[!] (= 31).
• Adjust brightness by using exposure compensation (=
70).
• Use AE lock or spot metering (=
71).
• Reduce the lighting on subjects.
Shotslooktoodarkdespitetheashring(= 33).
• Shootwithinashrange(= 206).
• Adjustbrightnessbyusingashexposurecompensationorchangingtheashoutput
level (=
88, 96).
• Increase the ISO speed (=
72).
Subjectsinashshotslooktoobright,highlightsarewashed-out.
• Shootwithinashrange(= 206).
• Lowertheashandsettheashmodeto[!] (=
31).
• Adjustbrightnessbyusingashexposurecompensationorchangingtheashoutput
level (=
88, 96).
Whitedotsorsimilarimageartifactsappearinashshots.
• Thisiscausedbylightfromtheashreectingoffdustorairborneparticles.
Shots look grainy.
• Lower the ISO speed (= 72).
• High ISO speeds in some shooting modes may cause grainy images (=
55).
Subjects are affected by red-eye (= 47).
• Set [Red-Eye Lamp] to [On] (= 51) to activate the red-eye reduction lamp
(=
3)inashshots.Forbestresults,havesubjectslookatthered-eyereduction
lamp. Also try increasing the lighting in indoor scenes and shooting at closer range.
• Edit images using red-eye correction (=
127).
Recording to the memory card takes too long, or continuous shooting
is slower.
• Use the camera to perform low-level formatting of the memory card (= 161).
Shooting settings or FUNC. menu settings are not available.
• Available setting items vary by shooting mode. Refer to “Functions Available in Each
Shooting Mode”, “FUNC. Menu”, and “Shooting Tab Menu” (=
193 – 202).
The Babies or Children icon does not display.
• The Babies and Children icons will not display if the birthday is not set in face
information (=
41). If the icons still do not display even when you set the birthday,
re-register face information (=
41), or make sure that the date/time are set
correctly (=
158).
Touch AF/Touch Shutter cannot be activated.
• Touch AF and Touch Shutter cannot be activated by touching the edges of the screen.
Try touching closer to the center of the screen.
Cannot shoot planetarium stars well in [ ] mode.
• Shoot actual starry skies instead.
Shooting Movies
The elapsed time shown is incorrect, or recording is interrupted.
• Use the camera to format the memory card, or switch to a card that supports high-
speed recording. Note that even if the elapsed time display is incorrect, the length of
movies on the memory card corresponds to the actual recording time (=
160, 206).
[ ] is displayed and shooting stops automatically.
Thecamera’sinternalmemorybufferlledupasthecameracouldnotrecordtothe
memorycardquicklyenough.Tryoneofthefollowingmeasures.
• Use the camera to perform low-level formatting of the memory card (=
161).
• Lowertheimagequality(=
48).
• Switch to a memory card that supports high-speed recording (=
206).