A Taking Pictures

Since the camera can determine the subject and shooting conditions, you can let it automatically select the best settings for the scene and just shoot. The camera can also detect and focus on faces, setting the color and brightness to optimal levels.

Turn on the camera.

Press the power button.

X The start-up sound will play, and the start- up screen will appear.

Pressing the power button again will turn the camera off.

Select the A mode.

Set the mode dial to A.

When you point the camera toward the subject, the camera will make a slight noise as it determines the scene.

X The camera focuses on the subject it

judges to be the main subject, and displays the icon for the determined scene in the upper left of the screen.

XWhen faces are detected, the camera focuses and a white frame appears on the face of the main subject, while gray frames appear on other detected faces.

XEven if the detected faces move, the camera will follow the faces within a certain range.

Compose the shot.

Moving the zoom lever toward i will

zoom in on your subject, making it appear larger. Moving the lever toward j will zoom out from your subject, making it appear smaller.

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Canon A2100 IS manual Taking Pictures, Select the a mode, Compose the shot, Set the mode dial to a