Canon Digital Ixus 310 Hs User Guide

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Special Effects for Night Backgrounds (Creative 
Light Effect)
Light displays and other points of light in the night backgrounds behind your 
subject can be changed into 6 different shapes. Be sure to use the flash when 
shooting.
Choose .
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64 to choose  .
Choose a shape and size.
zTouch .
X[Select Effect] will appear on the screen.
zTouch the desired shape.zTouch  op to choose a size, then touch 
Ú .
Shoot.
Shooting tips
•Hold the camera firmly...

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Changing the Color and Shooting
You can change the look of an image when shooting. However, depending on 
shooting conditions, the image may become coarse, or the colors may not 
come out as expected.
Color Accent
You can choose to retain a single color and change the rest to black and white 
in a composition.
Choose T.
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on  p. 64 to choose  T.
Touch .
XThe unchanged image and the Color 
Accent image will alternately display.
zThe color for default...

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Color SwapYou can swap one color in an image for another when recording it. You can 
only swap one color.
Choose Y.
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on  p. 64 to choose  Y.
Touch .
XThe unchanged image and the Color Swap 
image will alternately display.
zThe default setting is to change green to 
gray.
Specify the color to be swapped.
zPosition the center frame so it is filled with 
the color you want and touch the left frame 
that appears in the lower left of the screen.
XThe...

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Shooting in Monochrome
You can shoot images in black and white, sepia or blue and white.
Choose .
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64 to choose  .
Choose a color tone.
zTouch .X[Color Tone] will appear on the screen.
zTouch  qr to choose an effect, then touch 
Ú .
XYou can check the color tone on the 
screen.
Shoot.
•Using the flash may cause unexp ected results in this mode.
• Under some conditions, the image may appear coarse.
B/W
Shoots in black and white.
Sepia Shoots with...

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Shoot with the Effects of a Toy Camera (Toy 
Camera Effect)
This effect darkens and blurs the corners of the image, and changes the 
overall color so that it looks like an image shot with a toy camera.
Choose .
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on  p. 64 to choose  .
Choose a color tone.
zTouch .X[Color Tone] will appear on the screen.
zTouch  qr to choose an effect, then touch 
Ú .
XYou can check the color tone on the 
screen.
Shoot.
Standard
Images will look like they were shot with a...

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Detecting a Smile and Shooting
The camera will shoot, even without pressing the shutter button, when it 
detects a smile.
Choose .
zChoose   in Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64, then 
touch .
zTouch , then touch  Ú.XThe camera will enter shooting 
preparation.
Point the camera at a person.
zEach time the camera detects a smile it will 
shoot after the lamp lights.
zTouching   will pause smile detection. 
Touch   to resume smile detection.
Detecting a Face and Shooting 
(Smart Shutter)
Number of shots, switching...

Detecting a Face and Shooting (Smart Shutter)
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Using the Wink Self-Timer
Point the camera at a person and press the shutter button fully. The camera 
will shoot approximately two seconds after it detects a wink.
Choose .
zChoose   in Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64, then 
touch .
zTouch , then touch  Ú.
Compose the shot and press the 
shutter butto n halfway.
zTouch a face displayed on the screen to 
choose a person to wink (Touch AF).
zConfirm that a green frame appears 
around the face of the person who will...

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Using the Face Self-Timer
The shutter will release approximately two seconds after the camera detects 
a new face (p. 95). You can use this when the photographer wants to be in 
the image, such as a group photo.
Choose .
zChoose   in Steps 1 – 2 on  p. 64, then 
touch .
zTouch , then touch  Ú.
Compose the shot and press the 
shutter button halfway.
zMake sure a green frame appears on the 
face focused on and white frames appear 
on other faces.
Press the...

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Join the subjects and look at the 
camera.
XWhen the camera detects a new face, the 
lamp and self-timer sound will speed up 
(the lamp remains lit when the flash will 
fire), and two seconds later the shutter will 
release.
zTo cancel shooting with the timer after 
countdown has started, touch the screen.
Changing the number of shots
After touching   in the screen in Step 1, touch op to change the number of 
shots, then touch  Ú to complete the setting....

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You can shoot continuously at a maximum speed of approximately 
8.2 images/second while the shutter button is pressed fully and held.
Choose .
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64 to choose  ,
Shoot.
XAs long as you hold the shutter button 
down, the camera will shoot successive 
images.
Images Displayed During Playback
Since each set of continuous images will become a single group, only the first 
image captured in that group will be displayed. To indicate that the image is 
part of a group,   will appear...