Canon Digital Ixus 990 Is User Guide

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Getting More Out of Your
Camera
This chapter serves as the advanced version of Chapter 4 and 
explains how to take pictures using various functions.
•This chapter assumes that the mode switch is set to 4 and the camera is 
in G mode.
•“  Taking Shots With Impact (Zoom Blur)” (p. 85), “≈ Shooting Long 
Exposures” (p. 92), “Changing the Color and Shooting” (p. 93) and 
“LShooting Stitch Assist Images” (p. 96) assume you have set the 
mode switch to 4 and selected the corresponding mode.
•Before...

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You can change the AF (Auto Focus) frame mode to match the conditions 
you want to shoot.
Select [AF Frame].
●Press the n button, select the 4 
tab, select [AF Frame], then press the qr 
buttons to select an option.
Face AiAF
•Detects people’s faces and sets the focus, exposure (evaluative metering only) 
and white balance (  only).
•When the camera is pointed at subjects, a white frame appears on the face the 
camera judges to be the main subject, and gray frames (max. 2) will appear on 
other faces....

Magnifying the Focal Point
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If you press the shutter button halfway, the AF frame will magnify and you 
can check the focus.
Select [AF-Point Zoom].
●Press the n button and select [AF-
Point Zoom] on the 4 tab. Use the qr 
buttons to select [On].
Check the focus.
●Press the shutter button halfway.
XIn [Face AiAF], the face selected as the 
main subject will appear magnified.
XIn [Center], the contents of the center AF 
frame will appear magnified.
The display will not appear magnified in [Face AiAF]...

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The focus can be locked. After locking the focus, the focal distance will not 
change even when you release your finger from the shutter button.
Lock the focus.
●Keep the shutter button pressed halfway 
and press the q button.
●The focus locks and  % is displayed on 
the screen.
●If you release your finger from the shutter 
button, and press the  q button once more, 
%  will disappear and the focus will 
unlock.
Compose the scene and shoot.
Since focus will be maintained on a subject while you press...

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The optical zoom operates automatically during shooting, creating an image 
where the subject appears closed into the center of the screen.
Select .
●Select   in Steps 1 – 3 on p. 47 and 
press the m button.
XAfter the shutter sound plays, the camera 
will zoom.
 Taking Shots With Impact (Zoom Blur)
•The focal length is fixed. The zoom function is not available.
•Results will vary depending on the lighting conditions of the scene.
 

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You can select a specific person’s face to focus on and then shoot.
Register 0 to the c button 
(p. 139).
Set the Face Select mode.
●Point the camera toward the face and 
press the c button.
XAfter [Face Select : On] displays, a face 
frame   will appear around the face 
detected as the main subject.
●Even if the subject moves, the frame will 
follow the subject within a certain range.
●If a face is not detected,   will not 
appear.
Select the face on which to focus.
●If you press the c button, the...

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You can change the metering mode (brightness measuring function) to 
match the shooting conditions.
Select the metering mode.
●Press the m
 button and select  , then 
press the 
m button.
Select an option.
●Press the op buttons or turn the Â
 dial 
to select an option, then press the 
m 
button.
XThe setting will display on the screen.
When you wish to take several shots with the same exposure, you can set 
the exposure and focus separately using the AE lock. AE stands for “Auto 
Exposure”.
Lock the...

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Just as with the AE lock (p. 87), you can lock the exposure for shooting with 
the flash. FE stands for “Flash Exposure”.
Select h (p. 69).
Lock the exposure.
●Point the camera toward the subject and 
press the o button while pressing the 
shutter button halfway.
XThe flash will fire and when ( appears, 
the flash output will be retained.
●If you release your finger from the shutter 
button and press the o button again, ( 
will disappear and the FE will unlock.
Compose the scene and shoot.
You can...

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The camera can automatically detect and compensate for faces or subjects 
that appear dark in certain shooting conditions.
Select [i-Contrast].
●Press the n button, select 
[i-Contrast] from the 4 tab, and use the 
qr buttons to select [Auto].
X@ will appear on the screen.
@ Making Dark Subjects Appear 
Brighter (i-Contrast)
Under some conditions, the image may appear coarse or the exposure 
setting may not be suitable.
You can correct recorded images (p. 124).
 

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You can automatically correct red eyes in images taken with the flash.
Select [Flash Settings].
●Press the n button, select [Flash 
Settings] from the 4 tab and press the 
m button.
Adjust the setting.
●Press the op buttons or turn the  dial 
to select [Red-Eye Corr.] and press the 
qr buttons to select [On].
XΠwill appear on the screen.
ΠRed-Eye Correction
Red-eye correction may be applied to other red parts than red eyes. For 
example, when red make-up has been used around eyes.
•You can correct...