Canon Other Settings, Shooting with the FE Lock, Changing the Compression Ratio (Image Quality)

[!] Off

For shooting without the flash.

•If a blinking [] icon is displayed when you press the shutter button

halfway in camera-shake inducing, low-light conditions, mount the camera on a tripod or take other measures to keep it still.

Still Images

Shooting with the FE Lock

Just as with the AE lock (=53), you can lock the exposure for the flash shots.

1Set the flash to [h] (=61).

2Lock the flash exposure.

zzAim the camera at the subject to shoot with the exposure locked. With the shutter button pressed halfway, press the <o> button.

zzThe flash fires, and when [(] is displayed, the flash output level is retained.

zzTo unlock FE, release the shutter button and press the <o> button again. In this case, [(] is no longer displayed.

3Compose the shot and shoot.

• FE: Flash Exposure

Other Settings

Still Images

Changing the Compression Ratio (Image Quality)

Choose from two compression ratios, [] (Super Fine) and [] (Fine), as follows. For guidelines on how many shots at each compression ratio can fit on a memory card, see “Number of 4:3 Shots per Memory Card” (=154).

zzPress the <m> button, choose [] in the menu, and choose the desired option (=21).

Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics

Auto Mode / Hybrid

Auto Mode

Other Shooting

Modes

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