Canon Digital Ixus 990 Is User Guide

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You can change the language displayed in the LCD monitor menus and 
messages.
Set the playback mode.
●Press the 1 button.
Display the settings screen.
●Press and hold the m button  , then 
immediately press the n button  .
Set the display language.
●Press the opqr buttons or turn the  
dial to select a language, then press the 
m button.
XOnce the display language has been set, 
the language menu will close.
The clock will display if too much time passes between pressing the m button 
and the n...

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Before you use a new memory card or one that has been used in other 
devices, you should format the card with this camera. Formatting (initializing) 
a memory card erases all data on the memory card. As you cannot retrieve 
the erased data, exercise adequate caution before formatting the memory 
card.
Display the menus.
●Press the n button.
Select [Format].
●Press the qr buttons to select the 3 tab.
●Press the op buttons or turn the Â
 dial 
to select [Format], then press the 
m 
button.
Format the...

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The shutter button has two stops. To take images that are in focus, be sure 
to first press the shutter button lightly (halfway) to focus, then take the shot.
Press halfway (lightly to the first 
stop)
.
XThe camera focuses and automatically 
selects the necessary settings for 
shooting, such as the brightness.
XWhen the camera focuses, it will beep 
twice and the indicator will light green.
Press fully (to the second stop).
XThe camera plays the shutter sound and 
takes the shot.
●Since the shot is...

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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.
XThe start-up sound will play, and the 
startup screen will appear.
●Pressing the power button again will turn 
the camera off.
Select the A mode.
●Set the mode switch to A.●When you point the camera toward...

A Taking Pictures
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Focus.
●Press the shutter button halfway to focus.XWhen the camera focuses, it will beep 
twice and the indicator will light green 
(orange when the flash will fire).
XGreen AF frames appear where the 
subject is in focus.
XSeveral AF frames will appear when the 
camera focuses on more than one point.
Shoot.
●Press the shutter button fully.XThe camera will play the shutter sound 
and shoot. The flash will automatically fire 
in low light conditions.
XThe indicator will blink green...

A Taking Pictures
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•The image comes out dark even if  the flash fired when shooting?
The subject is too far away for the flash  to reach. Shoot within the effective flash 
range of approximately 30 cm – 3.5 m (1.0 – 11 ft.) at maximum wide angle, and 
approximately 30 cm – 2.0 m (1.0 – 6.6 ft.) at maximum telephoto.
• The camera beeps once when the shutter button is pressed halfway?
Your subject is too close. When the camera is at maximum wide angle, move 
about 2 cm (0.79 in.) or more away from your...

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You can view your images on the screen.
Select the playback mode.
●Press the 1 button.
XThe last image you took will appear.
Select an image.
●Pressing the q button will cycle through 
the images in reverse order.
●Pressing the r button will cycle through 
the images in the order they were taken.
●If you hold the qr buttons pressed, the 
images advance continuously.
●Turning  counter-clockwise displays 
images in the reverse order they were 
taken, while turning it clockwise displays 
images in the...

1 Viewing Images
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Active DisplayIf you tilt the camera gently from your wrist as shown in the illustration below, 
you can switch the images you are viewing.
•Depending on how you tilt the camera, images may not switch.
•Be careful not to accidentally bang people.
•Be sure to hold the camera with the strap around your wrist to avoid 
dropping it.
Switch to the next imageHold the camera without 
touching the shutter button.
Switch to the previous image
 

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You can select and erase images one at a time. Please note that erased 
images cannot be recovered. Exercise adequate caution before erasing an 
image.
Select the playback mode.
●Press the 1 button.
XThe last image you took will appear.
Select an image to erase.
●Press the qr buttons or turn the  dial 
to display an image to erase.
Erase the image.
●Press the p button.
X[Erase?] appears on the screen.●Press the qr buttons or turn the Â
 dial 
to select [Erase], then press the 
m 
button.
XThe...

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You can easily print the images you have taken if you connect the camera to 
a PictBridge compliant printer (sold separately).
Items to Prepare
•Camera and PictBridge compliant printer (sold separately)
•Interface cable supplied with the camera (p. 2)
Turn off the camera and printer.
Connect the camera to the printer.
●Open the cover, and insert the small end 
of the plug firmly into the camera terminal 
in the direction shown.
●Insert the cable’s larger plug into the 
printer. For connection details,...